Zelenskyy presents awards to Council of Europe chief, EU commissioner and several European leaders
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has presented awards to a number of European leaders and officials on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day.
Source: Zelenskyy in a decree, as reported by European Pravda
Details: The president honoured the officials "for their significant personal contribution to strengthening interstate cooperation, supporting the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, charitable activity, and promoting the Ukrainian state in the world".
Zelenskyy presented the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, First Class, to Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space; Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa; Czech President Petr Pavel; Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković; Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean; Finnish President Alexander Stubb; Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre; and Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
The Ukrainian president also awarded the Order of Merit, Second Class, to Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
Background:
- President Zelenskyy also bestowed the Order of Merit, First Class, on Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine.
- In addition, he awarded the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, First Class, to US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal.
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