French President Emmanuel Macron appealed in an interview for Sunday editions of several newspapers to calm the moods after the quarrels of the presidents of the US and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Wołodymyr Zelnski. On Saturday, the Elysee Palace announced that Macron had talked to Trump and Zelanski. The French president also talked to the head of NATO, the chairman of the European Council and the prime minister of Great Britain.
Commenting on the Friday collapse of American-Ukrainian conversations and a public quarrel of presidents of both countries, Macron encouraged “peace and respect”, arguing that “you can achieve specific progress because the stake is too high.”
In his opinion, the US withdrawal of commitment to Ukraine “It is not in their interest”, because if Washington agrees to a truce without any security guarantees for Ukraine, then “on the same day his geostrategical deterrent to Russia, China and other countries will disappear.”
Warning against Russia
The French president warned against Russiawhich is “aggressive” and “conducts terrorist activities and campaigns of mass disinformation” France and in other European countries. Expressed the belief that it was possible to attack Moldova and maybe even on Rumuniaif Russia is not stopped.
Macron appealed for “strategic European uprising”, i.e. the construction of European defense architecture. He pointed out that on March 6 the EU summit will take place, which aims to “entrust the mandate of the European Commission to initiate mass and joint financing, as soon as possible.” “Our safety is at stake,” he added. He estimated the possible scale of this financing on “hundreds of billions of euros”.
He admitted that this work would take years. “For this reason, we must do everything to maintain American support in the short term,” he added. – Many European countries have built their security on transatlantic bonds. You have to go back to very old European customs – Macron appealed. He described the current moment as “for fifteen twelve” and added: – We still have funds to achieve success in this strategic European break.
Earlier, Macron conducted a number of conversations as part of preparations before the summit of European leaders, which will take place on Sunday in London And it will be devoted to the matters of Ukraine, security and defense, as well as before the special peak of the European Union planned for March 6 in the matter of Ukraine – the announcement was announced.
The President of France talked to Trump, Zelanski, with the head of NATO, the chairman of the European Council and the prime minister of Great Britain.
A quarrel in the oval office during the meeting of Trump with Zelanski. Recording with inscriptionsReuters
Summit in London
The meeting in London will be held with the participation of leaders of several EU countries, as well as Zelanski, the Secretary of NATO General Rutte brandhead of the European Council Antonio Costa and the chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Poland will be represented by the Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Rutte stated in an interview with the BBC that Wołodymyr Zelanski “must find a way to rebuild relations with US President Donald Trump and his administration.”
A quarrel in the White House
On Friday, in the White House, the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski with the President of the USA Donald Trumpduring which there was a sharp exchange of sentences. The announced signing of the agreement regarding Ukrainian deposits was also canceled. European leaders expressed In most words of support for Zelanski. The prime minister broke out from the wave of comments Hungarian Wiktor Orban.
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