On July 11, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte.
The Head of the Ukrainian Government thanked the Netherlands for its solidarity and strong support of the state in all spheres: from the supply of necessary weapons to humanitarian and financial assistance.
Denys Shmyhal and Mark Rutte discussed the strengthening of sanctions against russia, insurance against military risks of businesses that were ready to come to Ukraine and the confiscation of frozen assets of the russian federation.
“The aggressor state must pay for its unprovoked aggression. Therefore, we call on our partners to introduce national, and in the future, international legislation regarding the confiscation of frozen russian assets. In the future, this should become a system of world security, when joint approaches of national and international legislation will guarantee the confiscation of the aggressor’s assets to compensate for the damage caused by unprovoked aggression,” the Prime Minister of Ukraine noted.
The parties also paid attention to the issue of reconstruction of Ukraine. Denys Shmyhal spoke about the project Ukraine Recovery Plan presented at the International Lugano Conference, which was based on the principles of “build back better” and “united in defense – united in reconstruction”.
“We will restore and reform our country according to the standards of the European Union immediately after the end of the war because our goal is to become a full-fledged member of the European family,” stressed Denys Shmyhal.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine also offered the Netherlands to jointly implement projects in the field of digitization, which was an effective tool for fighting corruption.
Mark Rutte noted that some regions of the Netherlands were interested in participating in the reconstruction of the affected Ukrainian territories. The Netherlands also demonstrates interest in the sectoral development of Ukraine, particularly in the field of agriculture. (Government portal/Business World Magazine)
