During the signing of a bilateral security agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday, the French president called on Europeans for a “collective start” as the conflict enters its third year.
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A new meeting on the diplomatic agenda. Emmanuel Macron will organize a meeting in support of Ukraine on Monday in Paris, the Elysée announced on Thursday February 22 in the evening. According to the French presidency, it will bring together “several heads of state and government or their ministerial representatives”, as the conflict caused by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army prepares to enter its third year. “This working meeting will make it possible to study the means available to strengthen the cooperation of partners in support of Ukraine,” she added without further details.
Polish President Andrzej Duda announced on the Polsat channel that his French counterpart had invited “a whole series of European leaders in Paris to discuss new proposals for solutions and assistance for Ukraine” and that he would go there.
A “collective burst”
As February 24 marks the 2nd anniversary of the outbreak of the large-scale attack on Moscow, Ukraine finds itself in a position “extremely difficult” on the front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recognized on Monday. The Ukrainian army is facing multiple Russian assaults which it is finding all the more difficult to repel as it suffers from a shortage of ammunition and the freezing of American aid, blocked by President Joe’s Republican rivals. Biden in Congress.
In this context, Emmanuel Macron called on Europeans to “collective burst” during the signing of a bilateral security agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart on February 16 in Paris.
