Overview
- Rob Jetten made his first trip to Ukraine, where he and President Volodymyr Zelensky paid tribute to fallen defenders at the Wall of Remembrance.
- He inspected a missile-damaged residential courtyard on Kyiv’s Vasylia Kuchera Street and met emergency workers responding to strikes.
- Jetten’s talks with Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko focused on energy resilience, joint defense production and support for Ukraine’s agricultural sector.
- Svyrydenko said a Dutch coalition agreement envisions €3 billion in annual support for 2027–2029, and noted €133 million contributed this year to Ukraine’s Energy Support Fund.
- The Netherlands reaffirmed backing for Ukraine’s European integration as both sides prepare a bilateral conference in Breda at the end of March alongside a business forum to build new B2B ties.