Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was set to coordinate a European response in a bid to host a new meeting on Ukraine on Wednesday, which he has “existential threats from Russia after a shock policy change in Washington. ” Said.
Macron planned to talk to leaders from about 15 countries, with the most video link, according to the presidential post.
US President Donald Trump has shocked the European Union, indicating that he is ready to resume diplomacy with President Vladimir Putin three years after Russia’s war against Ukraine and not only the heads of Europe The heads are also simultaneously at the same time at the same time.
Macron on Monday called out the NATO and the European Union heads for emergency dialogue, urging a coordinated response to Washington’s shock policy change on Russia.
Many small European countries, including Romania and the Czech Republic, were not invited despite strong supporters of Ukraine, Macron held a new meeting on Wednesday.
A statement for the presidency stated that French President Romania’s interim president Illi was ready to interact in the person.
The two leaders then planned to participate in an “informal videocracy meeting” along with other heads of the state and the government, said Elisy.
The statement did not give further details, but leaders from Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Croatia were expected to participate.
French Daily Le Monde pointed to “disappointment of European countries”, which was not invited for Monday’s talks.
But Le Monde also said that some of these countries were in a difficult political situation because they are “facing strong Russian forces on their domestic political scenario”.
France has been one of the main Western Backers of Ukraine since his neighbor’s full -scale invasion in February 2022.
‘Our eyes should open’
“Russia is an existential threat to Europeans,” Macron said in an interview with the French regional newspapers published on Tuesday.
He appeared open to the idea of sending the army to Ukraine, but emphasized that it could only get away from the most conflict and conflict areas.
Paris “was not preparing to send ground troops, who are combative to struggle”, he said.
But France was considering to send “experts or even soldiers out of limited terms” with Britain, with Britain.
Macron also tried to put a brave face during the days of head-spinning US announcements, suggesting that Trump Putin could “resume a useful dialogue”.
External Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Wednesday told broadcaster RTL that France may have to make some difficult options.
“Russia has decided to make us enemies, and we should open our eyes, realize the scale of danger and protect ourselves,” he said.
“If we do nothing, if we remain blind for danger, the front line will ever go close to our boundaries.”