Sweden to give more than $138 million to Ukraine for reconstruction, development

FILE PHOTO: The flag of Ukraine waves in the wind at City Hall, in Stockholm
FILE PHOTO: The flag of Ukraine waves in the wind at City Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 24, 2022. TT News Agency/Claudio Breskiani via REUTERS/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

Sweden will give more than 1.4 billion Swedish crowns ($137.7 million) to Ukraine to help with reconstruction and development, as well as urgent humanitarian needs, Sweden's Minister for International Development Benjamin Dousa said on Thursday.

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.

This article was produced by Reuters news agency. It has not been edited by Global South World.

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