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For: EFE Updated 01 May 2022, 24: 26 am EDT
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, affirmed this Sunday in Poland, after making a surprise visit to kyiv on Saturday, that Washington will support Ukraine in the war launched by Moscow “until victory”.
At a press conference in the Polish town of Rzeszow, in southeastern Poland, Pelosi indicated that in the meeting with the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, both discussed issues related to “security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance and finally reconstruction once victory is achieved”.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, who traveled accompanied by a delegation of Democratic congressmen, she is the highest-ranking American leader to visit Ukraine since the beginning of the war last 24 February.
Pelosi reiterated her government’s willingness to send Zelenski “a message of unity from Congress from the United States, a message from thanks on the part of the American people for his leadership and the admiration of the people of America for his courage.”
Likewise, the leader of the Chamber US casualty recalled that in Washington President Joe Biden asked Congress to send a package of humanitarian and military aid to kyiv worth 33. millions of dollars.
Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern, who spoke after Pelosi, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wage war “on the world’s most vulnerable” and “exacerbate hunger” with its aggression against Ukraine, one of the world’s largest cereal producers.
In this sense, defended the provision of “direct aid” to Ukraine so that the authorities in kyiv can distribute it on their own wherever it is most needed and “to those who need it most”.
Asked if US support could lead to “something worse”, Pelosi stated: “Let me speak for myself. Don’t be intimidated by bullies. If they’re threatening you, you can’t back down. We are there to fight and you cannot give in to a bully”.
The leader of the US Parliament will meet tomorrow, Monday, with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, with whom she announced she will discuss issues of “humanitarian assistance and security”.
In addition, it will express its “gratitude for the commitment and humanitarian effort” of Poland, in particular with regard to the reception of Ukrainian refugees.
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