Austria to allocate millions of euros to Ukraine for mine clearance and grain delivery
Pravda Ukraine
Vienna will allocate €5 million to Ukraine for mine clearance efforts and €2 million for grain delivery following a visit by Austria’s Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger to Kyiv on Friday 14 March.
Source: Austrian newspaper Die Presse, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Meinl-Reisinger is reported to have arrived on a visit to Ukraine on 14 March.
She announced that Austria will allocate €5 million to assist Ukraine in clearing agricultural land of landmines and explosives and €2 million to deliver Ukrainian grain to Middle Eastern countries in need.
Immediately after arriving in Kyiv, Meinl-Reisinger and her Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, laid flowers at the wall of remembrance for the fallen Ukrainian soldiers.
The agenda for Meinl-Reisinger’s visit includes a meeting with the Ukrainian leadership, specifically with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Background: In her first telephone conversation with Sybiha after taking up her post, she reaffirmed “Austria’s full commitment to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
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