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Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov (L1), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L2), Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (R2) and Sweden's Minister of Defence Pål Jonson (R1) attend a Nordic summit in Stockholm, Sweden, May 31, 2024. /CFP
Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland issued a joint statement on Friday, pledging continued support for Ukraine.
The statement came as Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the third Nordic-Ukrainian Summit held on Friday.
The joint statement adopted at the summit emphasized that the Nordic countries would continue to provide civil and military support to Ukraine.
During the summit, Sweden, Norway and Iceland signed bilateral agreements on security cooperation with Ukraine, pledging to provide military and financial support to Ukraine. The agreement also includes support for Ukraine's future accession to the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Denmark and Finland signed such agreements with Ukraine in February and April respectively. The Swedish government said in a press release issued on Friday that the total support from Nordic countries to Ukraine so far has exceeded 17 billion euros ($18.4 billion).