For the second year in a row, the Czech Republic has allocated more than $21 million for humanitarian support, development and economic assistance to Ukraine, the Prime Minister Petr Fiala has announced.
This year, according to Fiala, the Czech Republic will allocate 500 million crowns (over $21 million) in humanitarian support, support for development programmes and economic assistance to Ukraine.
“In the first six months of this year, approximately half of this amount was spent. Czech firms will supply, for example, water treatment plants and equipment for surgical rooms or rehabilitation centres in the Dnipropetrovsk region,” the Prime Minister explained.
He informed that last year the same amount of 500 million CZK was allocated for projects within the framework of humanitarian and economic assistance and for the development of Ukraine. In particular, as part of this programme, the Czech Republic contributed to the demining of war-affected agricultural areas in Kharkiv, Kherson and Sumy regions.
He also gave another example of assistance: GENTEC, a Brno-based company that supplied energy technologies, including cogeneration units, won international tenders and supplied 30 cogeneration units to Ukraine worth more than CZK 400 million (almost $17 million).
In general, the politician noted, Czech companies had been supporting Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. Already in the first year, they began to establish contacts with new partners and travel to Ukraine on business missions. More and more Czech firms are getting involved in Ukraine’s recovery, thanks in part to government support. They participate in tenders for government orders and win contracts thanks to their expertise.
“They can impress foreign investors and financial institutions with their quality. When we visit Ukraine today, we see concrete results of their work,” the Prime Minister stressed, acknowledging that the Czech economy also benefited from such cooperation.
He recalled Czech humanitarian organisations and volunteers who had raised “several billion crowns” to help Ukraine. (Ukrinform)