COPENHAGEN: Sweden will give more than SEK1.4 billion (US$137.7 million) to Ukraine to help with reconstruction and development, as well as urgent humanitarian needs, Sweden’s international development minister Benjamin Dousa said today.
The package, Sweden’s largest ever civilian aid programme according to Dousa, includes support for the reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure, as well as mine clearance and health worker training.
“Support for Ukraine is a matter of solidarity, but also of Sweden’s security,” Dousa told a press conference.
“The last few weeks have not been easy. It has never been clearer that we can no longer take the world’s support for Ukraine for granted,” he added.