Iceland's Foreign Minister visits Kyiv: outcomes of the discussions.
News.LIVE summarized the meeting between Gunnarsdóttir and her Ukrainian protégé Andriy Sibiga.
Visit of the Icelandic Foreign Minister to Ukraine: Results
At the final press briefing following the bilateral talks, Sibiga noted that the signing of the security agreement last year between Iceland and Ukraine, along with President Zelensky's visit to Reykjavik, has opened a new chapter in the relationship between Ukraine and Iceland. This country has been providing political, financial, and security support to Ukraine since the first days of the Russian invasion.
It has become known that the foreign ministers of Ukraine and Iceland discussed the following areas of cooperation between our countries:
- Support for President Zelensky's peace formula and a comprehensive and just peace for Ukraine
- Further economic and political isolation of the Russian Federation and increasing the cost of war for it
- Support for Ukraine's path to NATO and the EU
- Iceland will continue to assist Ukraine with demining, logistics, training of Ukrainian military personnel, particularly medical staff, and will support initiatives for the operational procurement of weapons from Ukrainian manufacturers. Iceland has already made its investment contribution to the Ukrainian defense industry based on the Danish model
- In 2025, the project for the prosthetics of injured Ukrainian soldiers will be scaled up
- Iceland will participate in the coalition for demining Ukraine
- Energy assistance, generators, and other equipment from Iceland that helped Ukraine survive last year will aid in getting through 2025
- Iceland will share its experience in renewable energy with Ukraine
Assistance to Ukraine is not dependent on the size of the country
Overall, for Ukraine's defense needs, Denmark has provided assistance amounting to $30 million. This is a significant sum, proportional to Iceland's capabilities.
"We are grateful for this. Assistance depends not on the size of the country, but on political will and determination. Right now, we are united with Iceland by the values of freedom and democracy, the rule of law and justice, security and development in Europe. Today we also specifically discussed how we can further increase production by placing orders with Ukrainian manufacturers", emphasized Sibiga.
Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, in turn, assured that Iceland will continue to finance and invest in the Ukrainian defense industry based on the Danish model.
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