Sweden intends to provide SEK 100 million in new energy support to Moldova

Diplomat Foreign Desk
Stockholm:DD, The new support – totalling SEK 100 million – is expected to be channelled into Moldova’s energy vulnerability fund, which assists vulnerable households in managing elevated energy costs following the Russian Gazprom’s halting of its gas supplies. SEK 200
“Gazprom’s decision to halt Russian gas supplies to Moldova is yet another attempt to undermine Moldova’s political and economic stability. It’s important that Sweden and the EU stand with Moldova as Russia tries to sow division and economic instability. In line with this, we intend to assist the most vulnerable households and help ease the economic burden of elevated energy and electricity costs in winter,” says Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa.
The support is expected to be channelled into the energy vulnerability fund that Moldova and the United Nations Development Programme established to support particularly vulnerable households through the winter. Sweden has previously supported the fund through a total of SEK 200 million in 2022 and 2023. (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden),DD