2023-08-14 21:53:26
The German finance minister, traveling to kyiv, affirms Berlin’s support for Ukraine, which “must not lose this war”
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner meets Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko in his city on August 14, 2023. PRESS SERVICE OF THE KYIV MAYOR / VIA REUTERS
“We are at the side of Ukraine”said German Finance Minister Christian Lindner after arriving by train in Kiev for a surprise visit, during which he had talks, including with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal and the Mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, Germany has provided 22 billion euros to Ukraine in the form of humanitarian, financial and military aid, said the liberal minister, a member of the coalition of ‘Olaf Scholz, on his first trip to Kiev since the start of the conflict. “Ukraine must not lose this war”added the minister.
The two countries are working on five different investment projects, worth about 247 million euros, and studying three other projects, which would total more than 70 million euros, Chmyhal added. “We hope for the participation of German companies” in the reconstruction of Ukraine after the war, he added. “I insist on the need to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and the confiscation of Russian assets, which would be the main source of funding for the reconstruction of Ukraine”continued Mr. Chmyhal.
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Concerning the Taurus missiles, which Germany refuses to deliver to Ukraine fearing an escalation of the conflict, Mykhaïlo Podoliak, adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, declared to the German newspaper Bild that the Taurus missiles were “crucial” for the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Seeking to allay concerns about the range of these weapons, Mr Podoliak said they would be used “exclusively on the territory of Ukraine, within the internationally recognized borders of 1991”.
During a meeting with Mr. Lindner in kyiv, the mayor of this city, Vitali Klitschko, also underlined: “Ukraine urgently needs armaments. » “We are counting on our partners to understand the situation and that it cannot be postponed”he said, after receiving the German minister.
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