Saudi Arabia will provide Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth $410 million, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said at a press conference in Kyiv after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday.
The news conference was televised by the Al Ekhbariya television channel.
"The Kingdom is sparing no effort to alleviate sufferings of the Ukrainians," the Saudi top diplomat said.
"We are focused on mitigating the consequences of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. That is why the King and the Crown Prince have made a decision to send humanitarian aid to that country to a sum of 410 million US dollars," he added.
In addition, according to Al-Sharq TV, Riyadh and Kyiv signed a mutual memorandum of understanding stipulating the supply of oil products to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Andrey Yerkam, wrote on his Telegram channel that $100 million of this amount will go to humanitarian aid and $300 million - to the purchase of oil products.
The Saudi Foreign Minister mentioned that Saudi Arabia continues its efforts to find possibilities for a peaceful settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.
"The Kingdom is interested in supporting any initiatives that will help bring down tension and reach peace. <…> We will continue to work with all the parties [to the conflict] to try to find possibilities for settling this crisis," he noted.
It is the first visit by a Saudi foreign minister to Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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