Ukrainian refugees will receive free medical care until end of year in Israel
Israel’s government will continue providing social and medical assistance to Ukrainian refugees until the end of this year.
Source: Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda; Mykhailo Brodskyi, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, on Telegram
Quote from Nikolenko: "The Israeli government has made a formal decision to extend social and medical assistance to Ukrainian refugees until the end of 2023. Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Israel counterpart, Eli Cohen, agreed upon this during their telephone conversation on 14 August."
Details: Nikolenko added that Ukraine expects "progress on other issues of bilateral relations soon".
Mykhailo Brodskyi, Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine, citing the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, also said that health insurance for refugees from Ukraine in Israel has been extended until the end of this year.
Background:
- On 10 August, Yevhen Korniichuk, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Israel, called on official Jerusalem to refuse to cancel health insurance for refugees from Ukraine.
- On 14 August, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, said that Eli Cohen, Israel's Foreign Minister, had promised that his country would not deprive Ukrainian refugees of health insurance
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