Nearly 40 years since the #Chornobyl disaster, the EBRD has been at the heart of efforts to make the site environmentally safe, leading key projects and managing international funding to support Ukraine's long-term recovery.

We're boosting Ukraine’s energy security with a landmark €500m loan to Naftogaz of Ukraine, backed by EU Enlargement & Eastern Neighbourhood 🇪🇺 EU in Ukraine guarantee. It will help Naftogaz buy gas on 🇪🇺 markets so that Ukrainians have enough energy + heating this winter. ebrd.com/home/news-and-…

L’Iran ne peut en aucun cas accéder à l’arme nucléaire. Si l’Iran persiste à violer ses obligations internationales, la France et ses partenaires allemand et britannique réenclencheront fin août les embargos mondiaux sur les armes, les équipements nucléaires et les restrictions

Naftogaz to receive 🔥 €500 million for gas purchases. This is the largest project the EBRD has ever signed in Ukraine and one of the largest in the Bank’s history overall. The EBRD European Commission More: cutt.ly/lrGcITMn

Iran darf niemals in den Besitz einer Atomwaffe gelangen. Die rechtlichen Voraussetzungen für den Snapback liegen seit langem vor. Das haben wir als #E3 in unserem Schreiben an den UN-Generalsekretär nochmals deutlich gemacht. 1/2

📞: Today further talks are being held between international partners, the US and Ukraine about the principles underlying a ceasefire, in the run-up to Friday’s summit in Alaska. I just spoke with our good neighbour and key partner Keir Starmer 🇬🇧 about these talks. We are in

Securing Ukraine’s winter energy needs⚡ The EU is providing guarantees for a €500m two-year loan to Naftogaz of Ukraine via EBRD. The money will finance emergency winter gas purchases following Russia’s attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. 🇺🇦

🇩🇪 funds support package worth up to 500m USD for 🇺🇦 under the #NATO PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) mechanism - another important 🇩🇪contribution towards meeting 🇺🇦’s most urgent needs for military equipment to defend itself against the ongoing 🇷🇺 aggression. 1/4

Looking ahead to Friday’s summit between President Trump and President Putin in Alaska, a digital meeting was held today featuring the leaders of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, along with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський 🇺🇦 and Vice President JD Vance JD Vance 🇺🇸. It is clear from this call that there is a

I had a good call with my Dutch colleague Caspar Veldkamp Caspar Veldkamp. I expressed gratitude to the Netherlands for the contribution into American-NATO initiative Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List to strengthen Ukraine’s air defence. We focused on the recent diplomatic

Our new defense-support PURL initiative with partners is already bringing tangible results. As of today, we already have $1.5 billion pledged. Through the NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List initiative, NATO members can cooperate to purchase U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine –

Ahead of Friday's Alaska meeting, I reiterated to my dear friend Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 our unwavering support to Ukraine. US efforts for a durable peace come at a pivotal time. Close US-EU coordination and pressure on Russia remain key. Ukraine must be involved every step of the way.

📞: Today I spoke again with Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Merz 🇩🇪 and Alexander Stubb 🇫🇮 in the run-up to tomorrow’s meeting between the US and Russia in Alaska. They also believe that Ukraine must be allowed to decide its own future and that negotiations can only begin in earnest once Ukraine

Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians are trapped in and around the besieged city of El Fasher. They face starvation and violence. Alongside EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib and 28 countries, the Netherlands urges for an immediate humanitarian pause. …tection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories/n… 1/2

Israel’s decision to further advance settlements in the West Bank is a breach of international law and will damage the viability of the two-state solution. My statement here: europa.eu/!W76CBg

Discussed with Saudi Foreign Minister فيصل بن فرحان the situation in Gaza and the urgent need for a ceasefire. Also discussed the Franco-Saudi conference on the two-state solution and the looming E1 construction plan. 1/2

Furthermore, we spoke about Iran nuclear negotiations with the sanctions snapback rapidly approaching, about Russia’s war on Ukraine, and about the importance of a democratic transition in Syria. 2/2

Today marks the end of the Second World War for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, eighty years ago. We pause to remember and honour all victims of the war against Japan. This trauma reverberated long after 15 August 1945 - the violence and humiliation engraved in our memories. 1/2

Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945 marked the official end of the Second World War for the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The scars remain, also in Asia. Today, we remember and honour the victims of this war from the former Dutch Indies - in the Netherlands and worldwide. 1/2

Key report by the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry on the violence in Latakia, Syria. I urge the transitional government to publish the Syrian investigation report as soon as possible and to implement the UN's recommendations now. Violence in southern Syria must also be thoroughly investigated. 1/2