Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on May 15, 2017. Image by GPO

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman of Ukraine met with Israeli officials, including his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, after an earlier visit was canceled over Ukraine’s support of a United Nations resolution condemning settlements.

Groysman, his nation’s first Jewish prime minister, met Monday with Netanyahu in Jerusalem. They are the only Jewish prime ministers in the world.

“This is a moment of great friendship because there is a common history that binds Ukraine and Israel,” Netanyahu said, according to his office. “Some of it is laced with tragedy, but it is also laced with hope and with sympathy.”

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In December, Netanyahu canceled the Groysman visit after Ukraine was one of 14 countries to vote in favor of a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israel for continuing to build in West Bank settlements.

Netanyahu said Monday that Ukraine “reaffirmed” its friendship to Israel with its vote against a UNESCO resolution earlier this month that denied Jewish ties to Jerusalem,” which he added “sets our relations on a future course, which I deeply appreciate.”

Groysman invited Netanyahu to visit Ukraine at his earliest convenience, and Netanyahu accepted the invitation.

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