President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has decided to present 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 a 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 first-class Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise 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 leader also bestowed the second-class Order of Merit upon Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe.

Background:

• President Zelenskyy also presented the first-class Order of Merit to Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine.
• In addition, he awarded the first-class Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise to US senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal.

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