Skopje, 12 June 2024 (MIA) - President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova continues her visit to Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, where she is taking part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024).

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are co-hosting the conference which brings together heads of state and government, ministers and representatives of states, international organisations and financial institutions, businesses and civil society organisations.

Siljanovska Davkova on Tuesday addressed a panel at the conference that gathered heads of state and government, which was also addressed by the co-hosts, German Councellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as well as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 

The Presidents and Prime Ministers of the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Moldova, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Georgia also participated in the panel. 

In her address, President Siljanovska Davkova said the Marshall Plan after World War II was, among other things, an expression of solidarity towards the ravaged Europe, and today, she stressed, a new type of Marshall Plan is necessary for the ravaged Ukraine.

According to the President, it is necessary to invest not only in road and energy infrastructure, but also in human, educational, social and normative infrastructure. 

The session positively assessed the current joint European position that comprehensive aid to Ukraine should continue.

URC2024 is a continuation of the annual series of high-level political events dedicated to the swift recovery and long-term reconstruction of Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression. The key goal of the URC2024 is to mobilise continued international support for recovery, reconstruction, reform, and modernization of Ukraine,President Siljanovska Davkova's Office said in a press release. 

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