“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the multi-party delegation of the Saeima of Latvia headed by Speaker Daiga Mierina.”, — write: www.president.gov.ua
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi met with the multi-party delegation of the Saeima of Latvia headed by Speaker Daiga Mierina.
The President thanked Latvia for its political, humanitarian and military support to Ukraine and noted the allocation of 0.25% of the country’s GDP every year for the defense needs of our country.
“Thank you for the constant support of Ukraine by the Latvian side, first of all our soldiers, since the beginning of the war, our people who are outside the borders of our state today, as well as Ukrainians who are in Ukraine thanks to your humanitarian aid,” said Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
Separately, he noted the humanitarian projects, the contribution to the restoration of Ukraine and the support of the Crimean platform and the holding of the third parliamentary summit of this initiative in Riga last year.
“It is very important for us to remind the whole world that Crimea is part of our sovereign state, that Crimea is the Ukrainian peninsula, and we will continue to do so,” the President noted.
The key topics of the meeting are the strengthening of support for Ukraine to strengthen its position on the battlefield, other joint steps with partners to achieve a just peace in all of Europe and the development of security guarantees.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Daiga Mierinja paid special attention to the strengthening of sanctions against Russia, in particular the Russian shadow fleet, energy and banking sectors.
During the meeting, they also discussed Latvia’s participation in the reconstruction projects of Chernihiv Oblast and the “Food from Ukraine” initiative.
Daiga Mierinja stressed that Latvia will continue to support Ukraine on the path of European integration, participate in the restoration of infrastructure, the strengthening of the defense-industrial complex, the training of the Ukrainian military and the implementation of economic projects.
On behalf of all of Latvia, the Speaker of the Saeima thanked the Ukrainian people, the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their struggle and protection.
