The European Union will “further increase its support to Ukraine,” says Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo. Said X on January 9, after Belgium began its term as President of the European Council.
The Presidency is rotated every six months between the Member States of the European Union. Spain held the Presidency until December 31st.
“As Ukraine moves forward on its path to membership, we will continue to bring our economies and peoples closer together,” Decroux said.
Mr. Decroo also said he had spoken to the German Chancellor. Olaf ScholzAgreed to “maintain unwavering support for Ukraine” and agreed with the president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky Said He congratulated Belgium on taking office as president, saying he appreciated that “support for Ukraine and international law is one of its priorities.”
“We discussed bilateral defense cooperation and coordination of European defense assistance,” Zelenskiy said.
The Belgian Ministry of Defense announced on January 4 that it will send two F-16 fighter jets and 50 training personnel to Denmark from March to September to support the training of Ukrainian pilots.
Belgium is one of the 11 founding countries of the Fighter Alliance. Establishment In July, the aim is to train Ukrainians to fly F-16s.
In 2023, Decroo called for the use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction and for sanctions against Russian diamonds. Antwerp, Belgium’s second largest city, is one of the world’s diamond trade centers.
Russian diamonds were ultimately included in the EU’s 12th sanctions package, adopted on December 18th.
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