On the sidelines of a NATO meeting in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Hadja Lahbib met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday to discuss providing further aid to Ukraine.
At 09:35 (CET) on Wednesday, Lahbib met with her American counterpart Antony Blinken, in the wider context of a meeting between all of the Foreign Ministers of NATO's Member States in Bucharest. Among those present were the Finnish and Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs, whose countries have recently been formally invited to join NATO.
Furthermore, after a first day of talks on Tuesday between all allies, a conclusion was reached for more aid to be provided to Ukraine to restart its energy infrastructure damaged by the Russian army.
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The agreement will have been discussed in further detail at Lahbib and Blinken's private meeting, with the latter having also scheduled a following meeting Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who himself met with Lahbib and Belgian PM Alexander De Croo in Kyiv last week.
