EU not asking Norway to join Ukraine loan schemes, Norwegian finance minister says
Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said that the European Union does not plan to involve Norway or any other non-EU country in its financial support schemes for Ukraine in 2026-2027.
Source: Stoltenberg ahead of a meeting of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 13 November, as reported by European Pravda
Quote: "During the meeting with Commissioner Dombrovskis [Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity – ed.], I once again underlined the importance of providing support to Ukraine and I also told him that Norway has tripled its support to Ukraine this year, the military support, and he welcomed, of course, that."
Details: Stoltenberg said he had discussed Ukraine's future financing with several EU finance ministers in Brussels on 13 November.
"But the Commissioner also made it clear that the EU has no plans to ask Norway to be part of this lending scheme," the minister stressed.
He noted that "it's hard to have any clear opinion about the EU lending scheme or system" since "no EU decision has been made".
"But the message from the Commissioner was that the EU is not planning to ask any country outside the European Union to be part of that lending scheme," Stoltenberg said.
Background:
- Norway's total financial support for Ukraine will have exceeded €19.4 billion by the end of 2026.
- Earlier, Norway's Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik announced that the country will allocate US$7 billion in 2026 to support Ukraine's defence sector.
- Norway also announced the allocation of US$150 million for Ukraine's energy sector.
- In addition, Norway pledged to deliver a bridge to Sumy Oblast, which will soon be assembled in the Mykolaiv hromada in the Sumy district, as well as medical equipment worth €2 million. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
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