The First Thematic Conference to Follow Up the Peace Summit Will Be Held Online in August – Andriy Yermak

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Head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak held an extended meeting of the working group on the implementation of the Energy Security point of the Peace Formula. The meeting was attended by diplomatic representatives of about 40 partner countries and organizations, as well as Deputy Heads of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva and Mykola Tochytskyi, Minister of Energy German Galushchenko and his Deputy Svitlana Hrynchuk, Advisors to the Head of the Presidential Office Dariia Zarivna and Oleksandr Bevz.

Andriy Yermak informed the audience that the Peace Summit will be followed by thematic conferences dedicated to individual blocks of the Peace Formula. They will be aimed at developing and agreeing on the components of the overall peace plan announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The first such conference will focus on the third point of the Peace Formula, Energy Security. The event will take place online this August.

The Head of the Presidential Office emphasized that the total loss of generation because of Russian shelling amounted to 9 GW. According to him, this year's July was the most difficult for Ukrainians and the economy due to an unprecedented power shortage.

"Now our power engineers have managed to stabilize the situation, and there have been no blackouts for more than two weeks. But the autumn and winter season is ahead, and we must coordinate our efforts to prevent new destruction and help restore the energy sector," Andriy Yermak said.

Minister of Energy German Galushchenko provided detailed information on the consequences of attacks on energy infrastructure.

"This conference should result in a joint communiqué that will reflect the key agreements on energy security," the Head of the Presidential Office summed up.