A number of Ukrainian-Austrian bilateral documents were signed in the presence of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is on an official visit to the Republic of Austria, and Federal President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen.
Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Chernyshov and Executive Director of GLOBAL 2000 environmental organization Agnes Zauner signed an Agreement on Cooperation in Support of Children and Families in the Kharkiv region between the Kharkiv regional state administration and GLOBAL 2000, which implements the “Children of Chornobyl” humanitarian project.
Head of the Luhansk regional state administration Serhiy Haidai and Agnes Zauner signed an Agreement on Cooperation in Support of Children and Families in the Luhansk region between the Luhansk regional military-civil administration and the GLOBAL 2000, which implements the “Children of Chornobyl” humanitarian project.
Both agreements provide for the continuation and strengthening of cooperation to provide modern and affordable medical care for children with cancer, organization of rehabilitation activities, training of medical staff, introduction of modern methods of accompanying children during treatment, supporting families in difficult life situations and improving children's quality of life.
"I would like to sincerely thank you for the implementation of important humanitarian initiatives. In particular, for the "Children of Chornobyl" project, which has been implemented by the Austrian environmental NGO GLOBAL 2000 for more than a quarter of a century. During this time, nearly 3,000 Ukrainian children with leukemia have undergone rehabilitation in Austria, and many children's lives have been saved. This assistance is invaluable for us," the President of Ukraine noted during a statement to the media following a meeting with Federal President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna.
An agreement on cooperation between the Kyiv region and the Federal State of Lower Austria was also signed to deepen friendly relations. The document was signed by Head of the Kyiv regional state administration Vasyl Volodin and Head of the Land Government of the Federal State of Lower Austria Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
This framework document declares the desire of the parties to strengthen their achievements in the economic, scientific, technical and cultural spheres. The document provides for cooperation in the fields of culture, science, information technology and digitization. The issues of tourism, youth exchange and cross-border cooperation are also in the sphere of interests.
"In general, our plans for partnership are large and ambitious, but with the joint efforts of our states, we will definitely implement all the agreements," Volodymyr Zelenskyy concluded.
