Liimets: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania support Ukraine's reconstruction efforts

• Published date: 06 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

TALLINN, May 6 (LETA--BNS) Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets was on a visit to Ukraine with the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Friday to express the unwavering support of the Baltic states to Ukraine and its people.

The foreign ministers met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stephanishyna and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. The foreign ministers also visited the memorial wall dedicated to fallen soldiers and Irpin where many horrors committed by Russia were uncovered after the city was liberated.

"It is important for Estonia and the entire Western world to help Ukraine restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity and offer assistance to the people who have suffered in the war. This is why Estonia will continue to offer Ukraine every assistance, including emergency aid that would help Ukrainians deal with the war damage and start rebuilding their country again in the hope of victory," the foreign minister said after the meeting. "The president of Ukraine proposed selecting so-called focus oblasts or municipalities for aid. Accordingly, Estonia has decided to respond to the call by the Zhytomyr oblast and concentrate on this region in providing development and humanitarian aid for post-war reconstruction," the minister added.

She said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided humanitarian aid worth 1.9 million euros so far. The supplementary budget currently pending approval sets out a further 3 million euros of assistance to Ukraine. This includes 2 million euros for medical and psychological assistance.

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