Norway Parties Considering ‘Significant’ Boost to Ukraine Aid
Espen Barth Eide and Dmytro Kuleba hold a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on April 15.
Photographer: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesNorwegian parties are considering a “significant” increase to the country’s 75 billion-krone ($6.8 billion) long-term aid for Ukraine, according to Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
“We will discuss this with the parliamentary leaders but we’re talking about a significant increase” of the Nansen program, Eide told reporters in Oslo on Monday. While “we haven’t landed numbers,” the aid would be disbursed over “at least five” years “but maybe more,” he said.