The French president stressed that the European Union must send clear political signals to Ukraine and give it the status of a candidate country as soon as possible.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron stated today that the Ukraine will have to hold talks with Russia at some pointin order to try and bring an end to the war between the two countries.
“Ukrainian president and his officials will have to negotiate with Russia”said Macron, who is visiting Romania and Moldova.
Macron arrived in Romania yesterday, Tuesday, for a three-day stay visit to the south wing of NATO which will include Moldova before possibly heading to Kyiv on Thursday for a joint visit with the German Chancellor Olaf Solts and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghisaid two diplomatic sources.
The President of Romania Klaus Johannes stated that the return to Ukraine candidate status for membership of the European Union is the right signal.
«In my opinion, the status of the candidate country should be given as soon as possible, it is a correct solution from a moral, economic and security point of view. “he said, adding that efforts are being made to make it possible to resolve differences between European powers.
Macron has been criticized by Ukraine and allies in Eastern Europe for what they see as ambiguous support for Ukraine in the war against Russia.
«At the gates of the European Union, an unprecedented geopolitical situation is at stake, so yes, for all these reasons, the political framework and the decisions that the European Union and many countries have to take justify new in-depth discussions and new progress.“, Said Emanuel Macron at a NATO base in Romania.
“We are at a point where we need to send clear political signals“We, the European Union, to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, where it has been heroically resisting for many months.”underlined the head of the French state, next to the Romanian president Johannes.
Macron, who arrived in Romania on Tuesday night at Michael Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta, dined with French soldiers at this strategic Black Sea base before deciding to stay and sleep there in a tent. according to the Palace of the Elysium.
This morning he jogged before having breakfast with the soldiers and meeting with President Johannes, with whom he talked for more than an hour.
Macron, accompanied by the new Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna He is then expected to fly to neighboring Moldova, where he will be received in the capital, Chisinau, by European President Maya Santou, with whom he has developed a “relationship of trust”. He has been received by the French president three times since February 2021.
The first French president to visit the country since Jacques Chirac in 1998 will express “support (of France) in the most direct way” to this former Soviet republic that has been particularly affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine with which it has common borders.
