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us, uk announce new aid for ukraine

2024-09-12

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xinhua news agency, kiev, september 11 (reporter li dongxu) us secretary of state blinken and british foreign secretary lamy, who are visiting the ukrainian capital kiev, announced a new aid plan for ukraine on the 11th. the united states and the united kingdom will provide ukraine with more than us$700 million and 600 million pounds in aid respectively.

at a joint press conference with ukrainian foreign ministers serbiga and lamy that day, blinken said that the united states will provide ukraine with a new package of aid of more than 700 million us dollars, of which 325 million us dollars will be used to restore ukraine's energy facilities and power grids, 290 million us dollars will be used for humanitarian assistance, and another 102 million us dollars will be used for humanitarian mine clearance.

blinken said that during his visit, he discussed the issue of "long-range strike" and a series of other issues with ukraine, and he would report ukraine's demands to us president biden after returning home.

lamy said at a joint press conference that britain will provide ukraine with aid worth more than 600 million pounds for emergency humanitarian assistance, energy system restoration, maintaining social stability and providing loan guarantees to ukraine at the world bank.

according to local media reports, blinken and lamy arrived in kiev earlier that day for a visit and met with ukrainian president zelensky. (end)