The Head of State is accompanied German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The three men are expected to reaffirm Europe’s support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Emmanuel Macron is on board a train to kyiv in Ukraine, confirms Thursday, June 16 the journalist from France Inter present on board. The Head of State is accompanied by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
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The train berth of the Ukrainian railway company which transports the European leaders left the Polish border overnight from Wednesday to Thursday at midnight local time. According to the France Inter journalist present on board, he is approaching with, for terminus, the kyiv station.
Upon his arrival, Emmanuel Macron addressed a “message of european unity (…) to Ukrainians“, shortly after he got off the train in kyiv.”We are present, focused, we are going to find President Zelensky to go to a war site where the massacres were committed and then to be able to conduct the interviews that are planned with President Zelensky“, he adds. “I think this is an important moment” continued the Head of State, addressing a “message of European unity to Ukrainians and of support in talking about both the present and the future, because the coming weeks will be very difficult“.
This visit, mentioned several times, has constantly been postponed. These three European leaders are among the last to visit Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron went to kyiv on February 8, before the start of the war, declared on February 24.
The objective is therefore, beyond the long-awaited handshake with the Ukrainian President, to make progress on Ukraine’s application for membership of the European Union. It may also be a question of announcing new arms deliveries, indicates the journalist from France Inter.