Norway approves new aid to Ukraine

According to RCO News Agency, the Norwegian government announced that it has increased its financial aid package to Ukraine for 2025 by at least 3.2 billion dollars, and also extended the official support program for Ukraine under the name of “Nansen” support program until 2030 and the volume It also increases the aid under this program to 14 billion dollars.

The Norwegian network “NRK” announced before Oslo’s intention to extend its aid program to Ukraine under the name of “Nansen” program until 2030 and increase the total amount of aid under this program from 7.1 billion dollars to 12.8 billion dollars. had given Norway initially planned this program for the period 2023-2027 with the aim of transferring military and civilian aid to Ukraine worth a total of 6.8 billion dollars. In November, the NRK channel reported that the Norwegian government wants to increase its aid to Kyiv to $2.7 billion by 2025.

The Norwegian government stated in a new statement: “In 2025, the dedicated budget of this support program will reach at least NOK 35 billion ($3.2 billion). Norway’s program to support Ukraine will also be extended for three years until 2030. The overall budget framework for this program will increase to at least NOK 154.5 billion ($14 billion) for the mentioned period.

The government of Oslo also announced that out of the 3.2 billion dollars aid of this government to Ukraine in 2025, 2 billion dollars will be used for military support and 1.1 billion dollars for humanitarian and civilian aid.

The Prime Minister of Norway said: “The support for Ukraine is supposed to be spent in the areas that need it the most. Next year, we will spend 22.5 billion kroner on military support and 12.5 billion kroner on civilian and humanitarian support. “For military aid, we give priority to the military industry of Ukraine.”

These aids are announced while Russia considers the military aid of the Western allies to Ukraine as disturbing the conflict resolution process and considers it a sign of the direct entry of the NATO alliance countries into the war in Ukraine. “Sergei Lavrov”, the Russian Foreign Minister, has announced that any shipment of weapons from NATO allies to Ukraine will be a legitimate target for Russian attacks.

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