Two meetings in three days
Macron invites you to the next Ukraine summit – this Wednesday
This audio version was artificially generated. More information
Emmanuel Macron seems to be deeply concerned. After the United States and Russia talk about Ukraine, he immediately wants to hold a second conversation in France. Anyone who takes part is not yet known. But all EU countries are said to have participated by the end of the week.
After the Ukraine talks of representatives of the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia, France's President Emmanuel Macron invited European allies for Wednesday for new consultations in Paris. In addition to several European countries, non -European countries are also invited, as Macron announced in an interview with several regional newspapers.
The goal is to advise all 27 EU countries by the end of the week. The Elysée Palace initially announced no details about the meeting, and there was no information about the exact participants for the time being. Several European top politicians had already met on Monday at the invitation of the French President in Paris. In addition to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the heads of government from Great Britain, Denmark, Poland and Italy also took part in the meeting. NATO boss Mark Rutte and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen were also there.
The British Prime Minister Keir Strander generally agreed to send British soldiers to Ukraine to secure a “permanent peace agreement” to secure a “permanent peace agreement”. Scholz, on the other hand, said that he considered such a debate “completely premature”. Macron now said that France is not preparing to send ground troops “into a conflict” or “to the front”.
Talks between the USA and Russia “useful”?
US President Donald Trump had made a one -half hour phone call to the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin last Wednesday – without coordinating with the Europeans in advance. Afterwards, Trump said that he had agreed with the Kremlin boss an “immediate” start of negotiations on the future of Ukraine. This aroused the fear of western allies that both Ukraine and the European partners were excluded from the Ukraine talks.
Macron said a dialogue between Trump and Putin could also be “useful”. Trump relies on an “strategic ambiguity” in dealing with the Russian president by choosing “very strong words” and at the same time ensuring “uncertainty”. This could help “to exert pressure”. He himself was ready for a conversation with Putin as soon as it is “appropriate” in the course of the upcoming negotiations.
Today, high-ranking representatives of the United States and Russia met in Riyadh for the first discussions about the future of Ukraine, among them the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Russian chief diplomat Sergei Lavrow. The delegations agreed on negotiations to settle their differences and to quickly end the Ukraine War. After the four and a half hour talks, the US State Department said that both countries wanted to appoint teams to negotiate an early end of the Ukraine War.
The Ukraine and the Europeans were not invited to the meeting in Riad. U.S. Secretary of State Rubio then promised European countries. “At some point the EU will have to sit at the table,” he said. European participation is particularly necessary because the EU imposed sanctions against Russia.
