Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German officials among arrivals for Berlin conference on Ukraine's recovery

(11 Jun 2024)
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Berlin - 11 June 2024
1. Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme Achim Steiner arriving
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme:
"Our focus is very much on early recovery and reconstruction. And as you can imagine with millions of people displaced and millions of people being refugees - the importance of helping Ukraine and its economy to continue to function, to provide employment, income remains a top priority."
3. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arriving
4. SOUNDBITE (German) Annalena Baerbock, German Foreign Minister:
“Together at the reconstruction conference, we are making it clear that we are not only defying the brutal Russian attack, but that we are paving the way for Ukraine to join the EU.”
5. Various of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arriving
6. Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arriving
7. Zelenskyy and Scholz posing for photos
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German officials arrived for the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Tuesday.

Germany is hosting a conference on Tuesday to gather support for Ukraine's recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia's war, sending a new signal of solidarity with Kyiv at the start of a week of intense diplomacy.

The two-day conference in Berlin, following up on a similar gathering in London a year ago, comes before the Group of Seven summit of Ukraine's leading Western allies in Italy and a global peace summit in Switzerland this coming weekend.

Zelenskyy, who last week attended events marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France, is expected at the gathering, which the German hosts say will bring together 2,000 people from politics, business and other areas.

Among other immediate problems Ukraine faces, sustained Russian attacks on its power grid in recent weeks have forced leaders in Kyiv to institute nationwide rolling blackouts.

In London last year, Ukraine’s allies pledged several billion dollars in nonmilitary aid to rebuild the country’s infrastructure, fight corruption and help pave Kyiv's road to membership in the European Union.

That focus on reforms remains central this year.

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