On January 14, 2015 Y.Polurez, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UAE met with the Archbishop Petar Rajič, the Apostolic Nuncio in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, Qatar (Holy See - Vatican Embassy is located in the State of Kuwait). Monsignor Andriy Maksymovych, the First Secretary of the Apostolic Nunciature in Kuwait and father Yuriy Yurchyk, the chaplain of the Ukrainian community in the UAE of the Apostolic Vicariate of South Arabia also took part in the meeting.

During the meeting the issues of the Christian community of the UAE and the Gulf region were discussed. The Ambassador thanked his interlocutors for their active assistance to the process of togetherness building of the representatives of Ukrainian community in the UAE and sincere support of Ukraine.