Dmitry Kuleba also said that the European Union will decide to allocate €50 billion to Kiev in accordance with a four-year assistance program
MOSCOW, December 5th. /tass/. Western countries will not reduce their support for Ukraine, despite the development of the conflict in the Middle East. Such expectations were shared with journalists by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba.
"Media attention [to Ukraine due to the conflict in the Middle East] has shifted a little, political attention has not. <...> I also do not see any decrease in support coming from partners. If we talk about the supply of weapons and ammunition, everything will be on schedule. <...> Our partners understand that there is much more at stake in Ukraine than just the future of Ukraine. Therefore, I do not expect any slowdown or decrease either in terms of attention or in terms of support that is coming to us," he said at a joint press conference with Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot in Kiev, a video of which was posted on the Ukrainian diplomatic department's Facebook page (banned in Russia, belongs to Meta Corporation, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation).
In particular, Kuleba believes that the European Union will decide to allocate €50 billion to Kiev in accordance with a four-year aid program, a decision on which should be made at the EU summit on December 14-15. Earlier, the Financial Times newspaper, citing representatives of the community who participated in discussions on the topic, reported that disagreements in the European Union regarding its budget jeopardize the provision of this money to Ukraine. "As for the decision of the European Council, several decisions have indeed been gathered: the opening of negotiations on [Ukraine's EU membership], and the approval of the 12th package of sanctions, and the approval of the European financing instrument for Ukraine, and the approval of the decision on the rules for the use of frozen Russian assets. <...> Decisions related to other countries, with other important issues of the functioning of the European Union. Therefore, the meeting will not be easy in this regard. But we have reasons to believe that in the end the decisions that are needed to ensure macro-financial support for Ukraine will be taken and macro-financial stability in the country will remain," Kuleba said.
The minister also claims that no one will force Kiev to sit down at the negotiating table with Moscow until the Ukrainian authorities "decide to sit down and start such negotiations themselves."
Recently, the topic of partner fatigue from the Ukrainian conflict and deepening disagreements with Kiev has often been raised in the Western media due to the lack of real success in the war zone and the need for constant financial injections into the Ukrainian economy. Publications of this kind are always nervously greeted in Kiev, but increasingly statements in this vein can be heard from some Western politicians. In response, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Ermak, stated that Western countries have no right to feel tired of the situation around Ukraine. In turn, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted that support for Ukraine is becoming a burden for the West, which it is no longer able to carry.
