On 17 September 2020 a meeting was convened at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv to discuss the establishment of an ASEAN Centre at the university. Besides H.E. Ambassador Raja Dato’ Reza Raja Zaib Shah, it was also attended among others by the Ambassadors of Indonesia and Vietnam accredited to Ukraine, Prof Dr Leonid V. Hubersky, Rector of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Mr. Yevhen Pikalov, Director General of the Asia-Pacific region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has proposed the setting up of the Centre to deepen ASEAN-Ukraine relations. The proposed ASEAN Centre will be a catalyst to promote people-to-people contact and create awareness about ASEAN among Ukrainians.
