During the meeting, according to the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, two documents were signed on providing assistance to Kyiv: $100 million in the form of “humanitarian aid” and oil products worth $300 million.
The Office of the President of Ukraine reported on the successful visit to Kyiv of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. Ukraine will receive real assistance from Saudi Arabia for $400 million. This was written by the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak on February 26, 2023.
The head of the President’s Office noted that during the visit, two documents were signed that formalized the provision of a $400 million assistance package to Ukraine: $100 million in humanitarian aid and oil products worth $300 million.
Meeting of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
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Photo: Office of the President
“We are talking about a joint cooperation program with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid Center and a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saudi Development Fund,” the head of the President’s Office said.
He recalled that Saudi Arabia supported the UN resolution on sustainable peace in Ukraine a few days ago and thanked for this important step.
Yermak also personally thanked Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud for mutual understanding and for visiting Kyiv.
Meeting of Andriy Yermak and Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
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Photo: Office of the President
After meeting with Andriy Yermak, the prince met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team.
It should be noted that this was the first official visit of the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia to Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations between these countries, this happened on April 14, 1993.
“I would like to remind you that Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have common challenges and experience in dealing with them. We are talking about Iranian UAVs that have carried out attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Therefore, we also have common experience in fighting terrorists,” Yermak recalled.
Recall that earlier the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, was an intermediary between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in negotiations on the release of foreign citizens who fought on the side of Ukraine. These are five British citizens, two US citizens, one Moroccan, one Swedish citizen and one Croatian. All of them were kept on the territory of the so-called DPR and LPR, and they were even threatened with execution by the local occupation authorities.
