Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, speaking at his Cabinet meeting on Jan. 24, called for convening a “financial Ramstein'’ based on the Ukraine Defense Contact Group model of Ramstein meetings weapons deliveries from NATO. The Prime Minister said: “It is important that financial assistance projects are clearly coordinated. Therefore, the G7 countries created a multi-donor coordination platform, the so-called financial ‘Ramstein format.’ It will deal with three main areas: short-term and long-term support for Ukraine, international financing and coordination of reforms, and development of the private sector.”
According to Shmyhal, the first such meeting of this platform will be held this week. Representatives from the EU and G7 countries, as well as the IMF, European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and OECD will participate.
