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Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025: highlighting the importance of transatlantic cooperation
From Wednesday, 9 to Friday, 11 July 2025, AmCham EU participated in the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome, engaging in discussions on reconstruction, economic recovery and Ukraine’s path toward EU integration. During meetings with Ukrainian, EU and US stakeholders, the delegation addressed the role of private sector investment and the need for transatlantic cooperation to support Ukraine’s long-term recovery.
The delegation began with a dinner hosted by AmCham EU with representatives from the US Department of State. We discussed the critical role of US business and heard about the US Government’s approach to Ukraine’s recovery in conversation with Christopher Bergaust, Acting Coordinator, Assistance to Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia, US Department of State.
Over the remaining two days, the delegation met with Davyd Aloian, Deputy Minister and Anna Gviozdar, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine; Lisa Kaestner, Country Manager, Ukraine and Moldova, International Finance Corporation and Marcin Nowacki, Vice-President, Polish Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, as well as representatives from the Swedish and Danish Ministries of Foreign Affairs. Delegates also had the chance to shake hands with Oleksandr Kamyshin, Strategic Affairs Adviser to President Zelensky
Ahead of Poland’s hosting of the Conference next year, AmCham EU also engaged with Paweł Kowal, Chair, Council for Cooperation with Ukraine, Republic of Poland.
On Friday, 12 July, Liam Benham (Boeing), Chair, AmCham EU joined a panel hosted by AmCham Ukraine on military mobility and defence cooperation, alongside Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission and other military leaders from Ukraine and the US.