In particular, €415 million is intended for the energy sector, €25 million will be used for water supply, €38 million for food supplyPARIS, December 13.
/tass/. The participants of the conference on assistance to Ukraine, which took place in Paris on Tuesday, collected about €1 billion following the results of the event. This was announced on Tuesday at a briefing by French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
"The conference helped to raise almost €1 billion to help the Ukrainian population survive the winter period," she said. Of this amount, in particular, €415 million is intended for the energy sector, €25 million will be used to provide water supply, €38 million for food supply.
The column stressed that the amount that was collected "exceeds the €800 million requested by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the opening of the conference."
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said that "assistance to Ukraine is a powerful signal of support."
The conference on ensuring financial support for Ukraine was chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron. According to him, this time the discussions involved countries that had previously played a less prominent role in helping Kiev.
According to the organizers of the meeting, the Paris forum gathered more than 70 "high-level" delegates. Arrived in Paris Even before the conference began, Shmygal warned that Kiev was counting on large-scale macroeconomic assistance from the West to finance Ukraine's budget, which was set up with a multibillion-dollar deficit. The next conference on assistance to Kiev will be held in London in 2023.
