This Thursday at 3 p.m., Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be received at the Elysée by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron before a meeting with Pope Francis in Rome on Friday, then in Berlin on Friday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
In Paris, he will have a “bilateral interview” with Emmanuel Macron. The President of the Republic intends to take the opportunity to “reaffirm France’s determination to continue to provide, over the long term and with all of its partners, unfailing support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people,” he said. specified the Elysée in a press release.
Paris, Rome and Berlin
These three interviews come after the postponement of a meeting on the defense of Ukraine which was scheduled for Saturday at an American base in Germany, after President Joe Biden postponed his visit due to Hurricane Milton. Volodymyr Zelensky was to present during this summit “clear and concrete measures with a view to a just end to the war” triggered by the Russian invasion of his country in February 2022.
After the United States, Germany is the second largest contributor to the financing of arms deliveries to Ukraine, but the country plans to halve its budgetary contribution next year to reduce public spending. French President Emmanuel Macron announced in June his intention to do the same with Mirage 2000s. The latter will be delivered “in the first quarter of 2025,” French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday.