{"id":26524,"date":"2022-10-15T06:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T06:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=26524"},"modified":"2022-10-15T06:37:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T06:37:01","slug":"saudi-arabia-announces-400m-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/10\/15\/saudi-arabia-announces-400m-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia announces $400m humanitarian aid to Ukraine\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he held a phone call with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia announced shortly afterward a&nbsp;$400m humanitarian aid package to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crown prince said the Kingdom was ready to continue mediation efforts and support everything that contributes to de-escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the call, the president said he thanked the crown prince and Saudi prime minister for the Kingdom\u2019s position in support of Ukraine\u2019s territorial sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia recently voted in favor of a UN resolution\u00a0not to recognize the Kremlin\u2019s\u00a0claim over four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia\u00a0during the eight-month long conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spoke to Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman. Thanked for supporting Ukraine&#39;s territorial integrity, resolution at the UN General Assembly. We agreed to interact in the release of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 prisoners of war. We agreed on the provision of \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 macro-financial aid to Ukraine.<\/p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1581006979186667521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky also said that he and Prince Mohammed agreed to continue communication in order to release more prisoners of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the\u00a0crown prince mediated in the\u00a0release of ten prisoners\u00a0from various countries as part of a prisoner exchange process between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukrainian president also said he and the crown prince agreed on the provision of macro-financial aid from Saudi Arabia to Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he held a phone call with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia announced shortly afterward a&nbsp;$400m humanitarian aid package to Ukraine. The crown prince said the Kingdom was ready to continue mediation efforts and support everything that contributes to de-escalation. 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