EBRD President in Poland to discuss response to war on Ukraine

Odile Renaud-Basso, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), visits Poland on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the impact of the war on Ukraine and the Bank’s response in affected countries with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

This will be her first trip to the region since the EBRD passed an initial €2 billion resilience package last week to support Ukraine and its neighbors. Poland has welcomed 1.7 million Ukrainians since the Russian-led invasion.

During her two-day trip, Ms. Renaud-Basso will also meet EBRD staff from its Poland and Ukraine offices, many of whom have temporarily resettled in Poland.

In her meetings with Polish officials, the EBRD President will express appreciation of Poland’s welcome for refugees and discuss how the EBRD’s initial €2 billion resilience package of measures to help citizens, companies, and countries affected by the war can support Poland.

“I am in Poland to express the EBRD’s solidarity with the Polish authorities and the Polish people, and to show appreciation for Poland’s response to the war on Ukraine, and for welcoming refugees,” Ms. Renaud-Basso said.

(WBJ)