Ukraine has inaugurated an embassy in Ivory Coast, a day after opening a similar one in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of Kyiv's efforts to expand its presence on the continent.

“A brilliant new chapter has been added to the history of Ukrainian-African and Ukrainian-Ivorian relations,” French public broadcaster RFI quoted Ukraine’s special envoy for Africa and the Middle East, Maksym Subkh, as saying during the event in Ivory Coast's capital, Abidjan on Thursday.