“Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen agreed to hold a joint meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the College of the European Commission.”, — write: www.ukrinform.ua
“We agreed to hold a joint meeting of the Government of Ukraine and the Board of the European Commission in Kyiv at the end of this year or at the beginning of next year,” Shmyhal said.
In addition, he thanked for the financial assistance within the framework of the Ukraine Facility program.
“We have already received 12 billion euros. We hope to receive all the expected 16 billion euros by the end of the year. Next year, we count on support in the same amount,” added the Prime Minister.
He noted that Ukraine expects to launch a financial instrument for our state in the new EU budget for 2028-2034.
“We propose to increase the financial offer for our state from 200 to 400 billion euros and introduce a separate budget program,” added the head of the Ukrainian government.
Read also: Von der Leyen announced the EU’s “winter plan” for Ukraine Shmyhal expressed his gratitude to Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission for launching a new program of macro-financial support in the amount of 35 billion euros.
“We appreciate the quick allocation of the first 1.4 billion euros from excess profits from Russian assets for the defense of our state. We count on the use of funds from the Aid Fund for Ukraine within the EPF without restrictions and delays to compensate EU member states for the costs of purchasing arms for Ukraine from Ukrainian manufacturers,” the Prime Minister added.
According to him, during the meeting they also discussed the plan of the European Commission, which provides for 10 concrete steps of solidarity with Ukraine in the field of energy: the supply of backup power supplies, installations for decentralized generation and increasing the possibilities of electricity import from the EU.
Read also: Zelenskyi named the main topics of negotiations with Ursulayu von der Leyen “I am sincerely grateful to Mrs. President of the European Commission for her personal leadership in accelerating European integration processes, for supporting Ukraine in the entire range of issues. We are all sure that our joint efforts will make Ukraine and the European Union stronger and more successful,” Shmyhal stressed.
As reported by Ukrinform, on Friday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited the Ukrainian capital.
Photo: Telegram / Denys Shmyhal