PARIS — The leaders of France, Germany and Poland met in Paris Monday for talks specializing in navy assist for Ukraine’s counteroffensive and future safety ensures to be given to the nation, forward of a NATO summit in July.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated “the Ukrainian counteroffensive began several days ago,” in a joint information convention with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on the Elysee presidential palace.
In a present of unity, the three leaders insisted they’d proceed to assist Ukraine for so long as obligatory.
“This offensive is set to be deployed over several weeks, if not months. We have done everything to help them, within the limits we set ourselves at the start of the conflict,” Macron stated.
He promised to proceed deliveries of weapons, ammunition and armored autos “over the coming days and weeks.”
France needs the counteroffensive “to be as successful as possible to then be able to launch a negotiation phase (with Russia) under the right conditions,” Macron stated.
PHOTOS: France, Germany and Poland again Ukraine’s counteroffensive in a present of unity
Duda, who talked by telephone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday night, stated, “I hope and believe that with our support, the counteroffensive will be successful … This victory, in my deepest feeling, will be the ousting of Russian military forces from all occupied territories.”
The three leaders refused to be drawn on the element of future safety ensures for Ukraine over the long run.
“It is time that Putin finally recognizes that his plan has failed, that he ends the war after almost 16 months with hundreds of thousands of dead, with millions injured and even more refugees,” Scholz stated. “That he is withdrawing troops and is finally ready for serious talks about a fair peace,” he added.
Security ensures are a part of ongoing talks between NATO leaders to make sure that Ukraine doesn’t come below assault from Russia once more as soon as the battle is over. The difficulty might be on the agenda at a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, subsequent month.
Over their working dinner, leaders had been additionally attributable to focus on humanitarian support to Ukraine, significantly following the assault on the Kakhovka dam, which has devastated massive areas of southeastern Ukraine with flooding.
Earlier this month, Zelenskyy pushed for extra political assist and safety backing from NATO throughout a sprawling summit in Moldova the place practically each European chief had assembled to sentence Russia. He stated he was anticipating “the clear invitation to (NATO) membership for Ukraine” and “security guarantees on the way to NATO membership” in Vilnius.
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AP writers Vanessa Gera in Warsaw, Poland and Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin, Germany contributed to the story.
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