2024-03-10 22:26:00
Emmanuel Macron should go to Ukraine “in the coming weeks”, indicated the Élysée this Sunday March 11 following a telephone interview with the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky. The President of the Republic initially said that he would visit Ukraine in February, before indicating that this visit would take place before mid-March.
The two heads of state “agreed to remain in close contact, in particular regarding the visit of the President of the Republic to Ukraine, which should take place in the coming weeks”, according to a press release from the French presidency. In the wake of the follow-up meeting devoted to support for Ukraine organized by France on March 7 in Paris, Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed, during this telephone interview, “his desire to continue efforts to quickly set up the coalition on deep strikes, as well as support for the Czech initiative on munitions,” according to the Élysée.
“Strategic ambiguity”
The French president “also reiterated the need to continue the work undertaken within the framework of the “artillery for Ukraine” coalition, set up under the American and French presidency,” according to the same source. “The two leaders also reiterated their desire to move forward in the five areas of action identified during the Conference in Support of Ukraine, namely cyberdefense, mine clearance, maintenance and co-production of weapons in Ukraine, support for neighborhood partners and securing borders,” adds the Élysée.
In Paris, on March 7, twenty-eight countries participated in a follow-up meeting dedicated to support for Ukraine, more than two years after the Russian invasion. This meeting followed the international meeting in support of Ukraine which took place in Paris on February 26, at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron. In France, the oppositions have criticized the recent positions taken by the French head of state, who affirmed at the end of this conference on March 7 that a possible sending of Western military personnel to Ukraine should not be ruled out. ‘future.
Several of France’s European allies as well as the United States have rejected the idea of deploying soldiers in Ukraine, and the president himself admitted that this option did not have “consensus today”. But he said he wanted to restore “strategic ambiguity” so that Vladimir Putin’s Russia knew that kyiv’s allies were ready to do anything to ensure Moscow’s defeat. The French National Assembly will debate on Tuesday the French aid strategy for Ukraine, in particular on the Franco-Ukrainian agreement concluded on February 16.
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