The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyholds a meeting this Monday in London with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer; German Chancellor Friedrich Merz; and French President Emmanuel Macron; as part of ongoing contacts with American representatives to end the war in Ukraine.
The aim is to establish “a Euro-Ukrainian position”, which will then be shared with the rest of the European partnersas sources from the Elysée explain this Sunday. One of the crucial issues will be aid to Ukraine, of which the Europeans are already the main providers, particularly in the economic field.
The use of frozen Russian assets, which is currently being discussed, will also be discussed. within the European Union (EU)and which will be one of the central questions of this month’s European Council.
For France, beyond insisting on the fact that the decision on these means belongs to the Europeans, the objective is to give visibility to Ukraine so that it knows that it will do so. continue to have long-term funds. Concerning the discussion within the EU, sources from the French presidency did not want to go beyond recalling that the European Commission has made a proposal which is under discussion in the capitals of the Twenty-Seven.
Likewise, the two Ukrainian negotiators who met for several days in Miami last week with emissaries from the White House, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushnerwill present this Monday “in detail” to President Zelensky the project agreed with the Americans during this last series of contacts.
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