France plans to hold a second meeting to discuss Ukraine and European security on Wednesday, February 19.
This time, Emmanuel Macron invited European countries that were not present at the beginning of this week, and NATO Canada Allly.
The invited countries were Norway, Canada, three Baltic countries (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia), Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Romania, Sweden and Belgium, Reuters writes.
On February 17, an emergency summit on the crisis, convened by France as a result of the Munich conference, took place in Paris. Its result: Europe can give guarantees of the security of Ukraine, but an important role in the United States.
The leaders of France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Spain and Denmark confirmed that they are ready to provide security guarantees in the future, but Europe will depend on the United States.
The summit also discussed the possible departure of peacekeepers to Ukraine, but the German Chancellor Olaf Sholt called some of these debates inappropriate and untimely. The position of Berlin on this issue is supported by Warsaw, which made it clear after Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Meanwhile, the head of the British government, Kir Starmer, shortly before the crisis, said London “is ready and wants to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine, if necessary.
European leaders discussed the issue of how to respond to sharp changes in the political course of Washington. The elder called on the EU countries to “recognize the coming of a new era”, “stop cling to the comfort of the past” and “take responsibility for security on the continent”.
Source: Racurs
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