The restoration of Ukraine after the war should not be a local project, but a joint task of the entire civilized world, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday during a speech at a conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Lugano.

Zelensky said that in order to achieve long-term results, in addition to institutional development after the war, the main principles of the country's reconstruction should be maximum security, manufacturability, compliance with environmental standards and the use of "

“This war is not just ours, not just a local one somewhere in the east of Europe. This is a Russian attack on everything that is of value to you and me.. Therefore, the restoration of Ukraine is not a local project, not a project of one people, but a common task of the democratic world.. of all countries that can say about themselves - we are civilized,"

Speaking of recovery, he noted that “of course this means construction, large-scale construction, huge funding and huge investments.. Of course, this means a completely new level of security throughout our country, which will continue to live next to Russia.”.

“But it also means a new technological level. It also means the opportunity for our countries, our companies, our specialists to show why freedom is more powerful than any tyranny,” he said..

Zelensky expressed gratitude to the countries that “positively accepted the proposals to take patronage over the regions, cities or industries affected by the war” and invited all countries of the civilized world, ambitious companies and specialists to join “our efforts”.

In his opinion, this will create millions of new ties in the democratic world, Europe, between our countries..

“Every city, every community, every rebuilt region will have a historical record of who helped this. Just imagine - these are not just the flags of the partner country at the entrance to the city, but the interweaving of traditions into the new fabric of life in Ukraine and the property of all those who worked on restoration.

And, of course, I am grateful to the European Commission for the initiative to create a special European platform for the renewal of Ukraine,” the President said..

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The Swiss city of Lugano will host the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference (URC2022) on July 4-6, which is expected to adopt the so-called Lugano Declaration on the Basis for Further Cooperation. More than 40 states and more than 20 international organizations are invited to participate in the conference.