Minister Richmond attends Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025, in Rome

Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Neale Richmond, today (Thursday 10 July) attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome.

This annual conference brings together governments, international organisations, financial institutions, businesses, regions, municipalities and civil society, united by a shared commitment to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience. The conference also showcases Ukrainian reform progress in the context of its economic resilience and EU accession process.

Minister Richmond said: “I welcome today’s conference as a key annual event bringing together a diverse range of stakeholders focussed on supporting Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction. As Russia continues to escalate its war of aggression through its relentless assaults on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure, it is more important than ever that we stand united in support of Ukraine. At such a critical time, it is incumbent on all of us to say more, do more and spend more to ensure that Ukraine gets the supports it needs now and into the future.”

Delivering Ireland’s national statement, Minister Richmond underlined Ireland’s commitment to maintaining its multifaceted support for Ukraine, including for its recovery and reconstruction.

He said: “Every day, more and more innocent lives are lost through Russia’s brutal actions. Every day, the cost of recovery grows.

“We must remember that rebuilding Ukraine is at its heart a story about lives and livelihoods.

“Ireland is committed to supporting Ukraine’s reconstruction and path towards membership of the European Union, including in the context of our upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union next year.

“Working together with Ukraine and our EU and international partners present here today, we will work to ensure that a free, independent and prosperous Ukraine is firmly anchored in its European path.”

ENDS

Press Office

10 July 2025

Initially set up in 2017 as a high-level international event for benchmarking progress on the reform agenda, today the Ukraine Recovery Conference represents a key forum for the international community to support Ukraine in its recovery and reconstruction efforts in light of the immense damage and loss resulting from the ongoing Russian aggression. This year’s conference in Rome will be the fourth since the Russian full-scale invasion, with previous conferences held in Lugano (2022), London (2023), and Berlin (2024). Over the past three years, additional high-level conferences focused on Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction have also been hosted in Berlin and Paris.

The Conference was opened by PM Meloni and President Zelenskyy with participation by Commission President Von der Leyen and a number of European Leaders, Foreign Ministers and Deputy Ministers, as well as heads of international organisations and financial institutions.