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Kyiv: “Grain from Ukraine” summit and meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky
A surprise visit to Ukraine, a few hours after the heaviest Russian drone attack on Kyiv since the start of the invasion. In Bucha, Alain Berset pays his respects at the site of the largest mass grave with Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin. Then, with Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, he takes part in the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor.
At the Mariinsky Palace, he holds talks with Volodymyr Zelensky: global food security, the Ukrainian peace formula, frozen Russian assets, the reconstruction of infrastructure. Zelensky speaks of “a strong message for Ukrainians all over the world”. He then speaks at the second international food security summit “Grain from Ukraine”.
Switzerland announces 3 million francs for the World Food Programme, ten ambulances, seven fire engines and firefighting equipment, as well as a conference on humanitarian demining in 2024.
Saturday 25 November 2023 — Bucha and Kyiv
- Bucha: tribute at the site of the mass grave, meeting with Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin
- Commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor at the national museum
- Meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mariinsky Palace
- International food security summit “Grain from Ukraine”, speech
- Joint press conference
- Working lunch hosted by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, talks
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