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Added on the 07/12/2021 21:00:00 - Copyright : La Voix du Nord
Attendees of the Ukraine recovery meeting in Switzerland pose for a family photo before gathering to hash out a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the war-torn country. Leaders posing for the photo include Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Chairman of Ukraine's Parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk. IMAGES
Swiss President Ignazio Cassis welcomes Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the picturesque southern Swiss city of Lugano for a two-day conference, aiming to lay out the principles and priorities for a rebuilding and recovery process in Ukraine. IMAGES
A two-day international conference on rebuilding Ukraine is due to start in Switzerland on Monday
Corinna Hawkes, Professort of Food Policy at the City University of London, was interviewed by France 24 to speak about the food security conference in Berlin.
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday to drive home a message of support that Kyiv hopes will lead to more weapons supplies and tougher sanctions on Russia. "My colleagues and I came here to Kyiv today with a clear message: 'Ukraine belongs to the European family'," Scholz said, while Macron said, "We all four support the immediate EU candidate status" for Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi arrive for a press conference after talks in Kyiv. The four European leaders are on a trip to Ukraine with French President Emmanuel Macron as a show of support for the country in its war with Russia. IMAGES