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
here. 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