33 countries joined the coalition to return Ukrainian children
Source: Ukraine’s government and Andrii Yermak
33 countries have already joined the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children. The main goal of the coalition is to return Ukrainian children forcibly relocated to Russian by the occupiers.
The coalition includes Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Great Britain, and the USA.
The coalition is co-led by Ukraine and Canada.
The head of the President’s Office, Andrii Yermak, expressed confidence that with such support, the International Coalition will multiply the efforts.
The first meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children took place in Kyiv in February 2024.
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