Svyrydenko: Norway provides Ukraine with $9 bln in funding under Nansen Programme

Norway is providing Ukraine with funding for the current year in the amount of $9 billion, which is another package of military and civilian assistance to Ukraine under the Nansen Programme, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko said.

"I thank the Prime Minister of Norway for this announcement, which he made during his visit to Kyiv. My meeting today with Jonas Gar Støre was a continuation of our cooperation, which has been going on since our joint trip to Chernihiv in the first months of the war. All these years, Norway has been providing us with extraordinary assistance," Svyrydenko said in Telegram on Wednesday.

She said Norway has made the largest contributions within the framework of the PURL initiative, and this is already significantly strengthening Ukrainian air defense.

"Today, the greatest emphasis was placed on energy security. Norway's assistance in gas imports and contributions to the Energy Support Fund and grants are extremely important. Norway is providing distributed generation equipment that will operate on the basis of Naftogaz Group facilities. We discussed promising investment projects that can be supported by Norfund instruments," Svyrydenko said.