Dutch PM visits Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and announces aid package valued at over €200 million
Dick Schoof, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, visited the city of Zaporizhzhia during his first visit to Ukraine while in office on 2 September, where he announced a new assistance package for Kyiv valued at over €200 million.
Schoof reported on X (Twitter) that during his visit to Zaporizhzhia he had stressed that Ukraine could count on further support and engagement by the Netherlands. He also expressed his admiration for the residents of the city who keep living just dozens of kilometres away from the combat zone.
Zaporizhzhia. Together with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof @MinPres, we visited the first thematic lesson at one of the city's schools.
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 2, 2024
We spoke with the students and congratulated them on the first day of the school year.
We are proud of our heroic schoolchildren who,… pic.twitter.com/bOAsvQqdvp
"We must do everything possible to help Ukraine keep going. On the front lines, but also in people’s daily lives. That’s why the Netherlands is providing a substantial new support package worth over €200 million," Schoof announced.
Schoof specified that the package would be focused mainly on protecting and repairing the energy infrastructure and include additional funding for humanitarian assistance.
"My first visit to the country as prime minister of the Netherlands has confirmed my conviction that we must continue to support Ukraine," Schoof summed up.
New Dutch government chaired by Dick Schoof took the oath at the beginning of July. The new Cabinet continues the policy of his predecessors regarding military and other kinds of support for Kyiv.