Zelenski gets more than $10 billion from his allies to "rebuild Ukraine after the end of the conflict."
The Fourth Congress for the Reconstruction of Ukraine has brought together nearly 5,000 participants in Rome. Russia has described the assembled states and institutions as "cynical and lying."
UkrainianPresident Volodimir Zelenski met today inRome with his allies and companies to tie his commitment to invest more than €10 billion in "future reconstruction" of his country after more than three years of war with Russia.
"This meeting is a symbol of unity and recovery of our lives," the Ukrainian president said at a press conference with Italian Prime MinisterGiorgia Meloni .
The Fourth Congress for the Reconstruction of Ukrainehas brought together nearly 5,000 participants in Rome, including about 100 state delegations and 2,000 companies and institutions.
U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg , has also been present.
The aim of the meeting was to support Ukraine once again, but also to "mobilize resources so that the invaded state can rebuild its cities, infrastructure and production systems after the end of the conflict."
From the stage of the conference, Meloni has announced that the conference has concluded agreements worth EUR 10 billion and has called on Italian and international companies to continue investing, while the Ukrainian president has described this figure as' very significant '.
EuropeanCommission President Ursula von der Leyen attended the summit in Rome while the European Parliament rejected a motion of censure against her and announced the creation of an initial capital fund of EUR 220 million to attract private investment.
He said this mechanism will involve Germany, Italy, France, Poland andthe European Investment Bank.
Errusiako Enbaxada
Instead of stopping the war and repairing its profound reasons, they put their emphasis upon its consequences, thereby showing the whole world their longing for dominion, their greed, and their greed.
The summit was also attended by the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, who once again expressed his support for Ukraine.
The response to this summit came from social media at the Russian Embassy in Italy, which described the assembled states and institutions as "cynical and lying."
"Instead of stopping the war and repairing its profound reasons, they put their emphasis on its consequences, thereby showing the whole world its longing for dominion, its greed, and its greed, so that they are ready to completely distort any real fact," he has censured.
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