The prime minister spoke by phone with the president of Ukraine on Monday, adding that he had informed Volodymyr Zelensky that Portugal would step up humanitarian aid and participate in the “formula for peace” proposed by the Ukrainian head of state.
The topics covered in the telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine were relayed by António Costa through his account on the social network Twitter.
“I spoke to the president today [Volodymyr] Zelensky. Portugal will strengthen humanitarian and military support to Ukraine and will also actively participate in the formula for peace proposed by President Zelensky,” the leader of the Portuguese executive wrote.
I spoke with the president today @ZelenskyyUa. #Portugal will strengthen humanitarian and military support #Ukraine and will also actively participate in the formula for peace proposed by President Zelensky. pic.twitter.com/MnxhyjKwEm
Antonio Costa (@antoniocostapm) January 9, 2023
Meanwhile, Zelensky has already publicly thanked the Portuguese Prime Minister for his support for the energy system. “We talked about security cooperation. I thanked him for his speed in providing effective support to Ukraine’s energy system. We also discussed concrete steps to implement our peace formula”wrote on Twitter.
Spoke to Prime Minister of Portugal @antoniocostapm. We talked about security cooperation. Thank you for willingness to provide effective support to Ukraine’s energy system. We also discussed concrete steps to implement us #PeaceFormula.
– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 9, 2023
The Portuguese Prime Minister was in Kiev on May 21, met with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, and expressed Portugal’s readiness to participate in a program to rebuild schools and kindergartens in Ukraine, or, as a hypothetical alternative , to sponsor the reconstruction of a territorial area. area to be designated by the Ukrainian authorities.
Among the options for rebuilding devastated areas in Ukraine, the leader of the Portuguese government expressed preference for schools and kindergartens, saying that the Portuguese state has recent experience in implementing these programs to modernize educational institutions.
In Kiev, at the end of a meeting with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, António Costa signed an agreement to provide financial support of 250 million euros to Ukraine.
A month after their trip to Kiev, on June 21, António Costa and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone about Ukraine’s accession process to the European Union.
In that conversation, the Prime Minister “reaffirmed Portugal’s support for granting Ukraine candidate status in its accession process to the European Union”.
The prime minister also revealed that he had informed the president of Ukraine that Portugal was ready to “deepen political and technical support for the Ukrainian accession process”.
Source: DN
