Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani shake hands before a meeting, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 28, 2023.
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Qatar will provide Ukraine with $100 million in humanitarian aid to support health, education and demining, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on July 28 after talks with the Gulf state’s Prime Minister.
Qatar had earlier on July 28 announced that Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, who also serves as Foreign Minister, was visiting Ukraine.
“This money will be channelled for reconstruction in the health and education sectors, humanitarian de-mining, and other important social and humanitarian projects,” Mr. Shmyhal told a joint briefing.
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani attends a meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 28, 2023.
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Mr. Shmyhal said they had discussed Ukraine’s peace formula – a 10-point peace plan that calls for nuclear, energy, and food security, restoration of borders, and other points.
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He thanked Qatar for its readiness to mediate in efforts to repatriate thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Russia since Moscow’s invasion.
Moscow says it wants to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone. Ukraine says many children have been illegally deported and the United States says thousands of children have been forcibly removed from their homes.
The Qatari Prime Minister said he was due to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy later on July 28.