Around twenty heads of state and government or their representatives are meeting in Paris this evening at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron to reaffirm their support for Ukraine, which is in a critical situation in the face of the crisis, Moscow's offensive and its fate depends on western aid. Ukraine's victory or defeat “depends on you,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will attend tonight's meeting at the Elysee Palace, told his allies yesterday. Deputy Foreign Minister Edmondo Cirielli will be present as representative of Italy.
The heads of state and government present include German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish President Andrzej Duda, as well as the prime ministers of fifteen EU countries. “President Putin's Russia,” Macron wrote on Saturday. The head of the Elysée Palace would like to take this opportunity to invite the allies to a “collective reset” of engagement with Ukraine, but the meeting will also address the resurgence of cyber attacks An “increasingly aggressive” Russia will go, the French presidency announced yesterday.
The aim of Macron's initiative, the Elysée emphasized, is therefore to “revive and examine all means of effective support to Ukraine” and to “reject the impression” that the commitment is on the verge of “disappearing”: “We will repeat,” he told the French Presidency – that we will not tire and are otherwise determined to defeat Russian aggression. We want to send a clear message to Putin that he will not win in Ukraine.”
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Sanchez will also be at the Paris meeting
The President of the Spanish Government Pedro Sanchez will today attend the conference on Ukraine organized by French President Emanuel Macron in Paris, where the presence of about twenty European heads of state and government and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenzky is expected via videoconference to discuss the situation to analyze situation between the years since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Moncloa reported this in a note.
Sanchez will travel from Barcelona to Paris after meeting King Felipe VI in the morning. the international technology conference Mobile World Congress 2024 has opened.
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