Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, has led the UAE delegation visiting Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.
During the meeting, Almheiri discussed Ukraine's humanitarian crisis and plans for the country's reconstruction.
With a special focus on the welfare of children, Almheiri announced the donation of 2,500 computers to help students continue their school work remotely.
She also handed over a collection of letters written by Ukrainian children living in the UAE to their friends in Ukraine to First Lady Olena Zelenska as a gesture of hope.
They also reviewed new projects to rebuild damaged hospitals and schools and developments of the Foundation’s “Family-Type Orphanages” project, which the UAE supported by pledging $4 million towards constructing 10 buildings that can accommodate around 100 children.
She also expressed the wishes from the UAE leadership, and their keenness to alleviate the suffering of those impacted by the crisis.
On his part, Zelenskiy acknowledged and thanked the UAE leadership for stepping up efforts to help them.
Цінуємо візит Міністра з питань зміни клімату і навколишнього середовища ОАЕ, Голови Офісу з міжнародних справ при Президентові ОАЕ Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri до України. Розглядаємо його як свідчення підтримки нашої країни такою впливовою державою, як ОАЕ. Формула миру та відбудова України – робимо все, щоб залучити якнайбільше сили світу. ____ We appreciate the visit of the Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the UAE, head of the foreign affairs team under the President of the UAE Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri to Ukraine. We consider it as evidence of the support of our country by such an influential state as the UAE. The Peace Formula and Ukraine's reconstruction – we are doing everything to attract as much of the world's power as possible.
Posted by Володимир Зеленський on Saturday, June 10, 2023
The UAE is continuing to provide relief to those affected by the crisis. In October 2022, President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan pledged $100 million to support Ukrainian civilians.
So far, the UAE has sent three aircraft carrying emergency supplies, including 2,520 power generators, an additional 11 aircraft carrying supplies, 540 tonnes of medical and food supplies, and 94 tonnes of non-food items. It has also provided six ambulances to support Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Moldova and Bulgaria.
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