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President Cordeiro meets with President Zelenskyy  
​ President Cordeiro meets President Zelenskyy in Kyiv to convey message of solidarity and present the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.

The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Vasco Alves Cordeiro, met on 20 April with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, in the context of his participation in the International Summit of Regions and Cities, convened by the Ukrainian authorities, to debate the role of local and regional authorities to support Ukraine's reconstruction.

In his meeting with President Zelenskyy, Vasco Alves Cordeiro expressed the CoR's "full support and solidarity towards the Ukrainian people, who have been facing a brutal and unjustified war for more than a year, and the continued support that local and regional authorities of the EU have provided, and will continue to provide, until Ukraine can live in peace and freedom" .

The President of the CoR also stated: "I am here in Ukraine also to stress the commitment of the EU´s local and regional authorities to the Ukrainian people. It is also a duty for us to be here, because this war is our war. Ukrainians are paying the highest price to defend our common European project. The European Committee of the Regions is committed to supporting Ukraine, to strengthening the capacity of its local and regional authorities and to preparing them for negotiations and for EU accession."

In the meeting, Vasco Alves Cordeiro also presented President Zelenskyy the work of the Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, as well as the CoR's package of support for Ukrainian local and regional authorities, focusing on immediate support on the one hand, and on capacity-building on the other hand (including offering capacity-building programmes to Ukrainian local and regional officials, providing office space to Ukrainian local and regional representatives on the premises of the CoR, and enlarging the CoR's programme for young elected politicians to young leaders from Ukraine).

Notes for editors:

  • Video cutaways from the meeting between President Zelenskyy and President Cordeiro can be downloaded her​e. Photos from the mission can be downloaded here.

Contact:

Hannah Cornelsen

President's spokesperson, European Committee of the Regions

Mobile: +32 470970128

hannah.cornelsen@cor.europa.eu


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