France will also give support to keep power plants running in southern Ukraine, says French foreign minister
\n ANKARA
\nThe international, \u201cStanding with the Ukrainian People,\u201d conference in Paris helped raise 1 billion euros ($1 billion) for Ukraine Tuesday.
\nFrench Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said France will assist non-governmental organizations in the field to work faster.
\nFrance will also give support to keep power plants running in the south of Ukraine.
\nThe new mechanism of coordination revealed earlier in the conference will keep \u20ac2 million ready for urgent situations, said Colonna alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a news conference.
\nShe said many countries and organizations outside Europe and friends of Ukraine will join the mechanism. The French minister also noted that the Iranian envoy in France should and will soon be summoned because of drones used in Ukraine by Russian forces.
\nShmyhal thanked countries, France in particular, for their solidarity with Ukraine during the conference.
\n\u201cWe will use this support to overcome winter,\u201d he said.
\nHe also criticized Iran for providing drones to Russia and said: \u201cIran is an accomplice of the war crimes committed by Russia.\u201d
\nAt the beginning of the conference, French President Emmanuel Macron announced an additional support package of \u20ac125 million for Ukraine — \u20ac48.5 million for humanitarian matters and \u20ac76.5 million for energy needs.
\nMacron said his country has already provided \u20ac151.5 million in assistance to Ukraine since the war between Moscow and Kyiv started in February.
\nHe also said a reinforced coordination mechanism for international aid to Ukraine will be implemented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
France will also give support to keep power plants running in southern Ukraine, says French foreign minister ANKARA The international, \u201cStanding with the Ukrainian People,\u201d conference in Paris helped raise 1 billion euros ($1 billion) for Ukraine Tuesday. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said France will assist non-governmental organizations in the field to work faster. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-301224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n