Slovenia to allocate grants of up to €5 mln for reconstruction of Ukraine

During a meeting with the Slovenian delegation, headed by the Head of the Restoration Agency, Mustafa Nayyem, and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Anna Yurchenko, the parties discussed issues related to the reconstruction of Ukraine and cooperation between the countries in this direction.

"Slovenia is ready to allocate up to €5 million in grant funds to reconstruct infrastructure projects. Reconstruction projects can be submitted to the Centre for International Cooperation and Development of Slovenia (CMSR)," the Agency reported.

It is also noted that these grant funds will cover up to 50% of the project cost.

The Agency stated that it is ready to "scale up successful projects to accelerate the pace of reconstruction."

According to Nayyem, the priority is to reconstruct the maximum number of damaged infrastructure objects to "provide basic services to the population in all regions of Ukraine."

Photo: Slovenian delegation meeting with representatives of the Agency for Restoration of Ukraine and the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine (facebook.com/agency.for.restoration)

Assistance to Ukraine from Slovakia

Last year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia allocated 3.46 million euros in budget funds for humanitarian, material assistance, and development aid to Ukraine.

This year, it is expected that Slovenia will allocate 6.14 million euros.

The Deputy Head of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine noted that this is the "largest humanitarian aid from Slovenia in the last decade."

It is worth mentioning that in October, at the Warsaw Security Forum, the Minister of Defense of Slovenia, Marjan Šarec, announced that the country provided equipment for one brigade to Ukraine.