The Paris Summit seeks to consolidate the support of Ukraine in long -term peace
Leaders from 31 countries meet this Thursday in Paris to discuss how to continue helping Ukraine in the war, but also to support the country in the long term, including in a hypothetical peace agreement.
Convened by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, in Elíseo, leaders from 27 European countries participate, including the heads of government of Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain, the top people responsible for NATO and the EU, as well as the vice president of Turkey and representatives of Canada and Australia.
The so -called “Meeting on Peace and Security for Ukraine” begins at 10:00 local time (the same time in Peninsular Spain) and is planned to extend for just over four hours, at the end of which Macron will offer a press conference to explain the results of the appointment.
The appointment has four fundamental objectives, as Macron advanced last night, in an appearance together with President Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, who will also participate and with which he prepared the meeting.
At a time when Russia disregards for now the proposals of the US and Ukraine for a high fire of 30 days, the first objective is to continue immediate military aid to Ukraine so that this country can continue to defend itself. At this point, Macron announced a new French military aid package to Ukraine worth 2,000 million euros.
In addition, the meeting will deal with how to reach a solid and durable fire, and how to continue helping Ukraine in the long term for its army to be “capable of deterring a new aggression and resisting a new Russian attack,” Macron said.
The fourth point of discussion will be the sending of an international military force, a Francobritic idea on which Macron stressed that “in the front line” would not be placed, but on a second step to “deter” to Russia. “The objective is to allow Ukraine to maintain the situation on the ground and resist Russian aggression, but also build the credible elements for peace we want, whatever the result of discussions,” Macron summarized.
The French president stressed that “a decisive phase has been entered to end war” and urged Russia to accept “without previous conditions” the high fire of 30 days proposed by the US and UCRANIA.
Both Macron and Zelenski also considered that “it is too soon” to start backing in international economic sanctions to Russia, since it is first necessary to reach a peace agreement.
Paris’s appointment comes after between European countries and other Western nations have considered that they have to step forward in the face of the perception of the disconnection of the Trump administration regarding Washington’s traditional support to Ukraine.
Zelenski, in an interview on French television on Wednesday night, considered that the US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff “accepts too often the Kremlin narrative”, something that “will weaken the pressure on Russia.” (EFE)
