Of Athena Papakosta

Summit today conveys emergency In Paris the president of FranceEmmanuel Macron, continuing the road race in order to win the lost ground back and manage to sit on the table of negotiations between the United States and Russia for Ukraine, from which he remains excluded.

In addition to France, the present will give United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmarkwhich will represent its countries Baltic and Scandinavia. The President of the European Council will also be present, Antonio Costathe head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layenas well as the NATO Secretary -General, Mark Rutte.

At the same time, in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadhthe discussions between Washington and Moscow.

The Old Epirus is immediately called upon to… wake up as the period during which the United States served as a guarantor of European security is completing its cycle.

The first message European leaders received it already from re -election Donald Trump And in his first hours of return to the Oval Office, the next – decisive – message was his telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinwhile the last loud bell meant in Munich last Friday, when the US Vice President, Jay Di Vancehe taught them democracy lessons.

Europeans are afraid that Russia is not just aimed at Ukraine’s neutrality but on an agreement similar to that in 1945 in Yalta, where people were shared by the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and its fate was determined. .

Excluded from talks in Riyadh, Europeans are forced to make an appointment to the French capital. In addition to excluding defense spending from the deficit, they will discuss how they can provide Ukraine reliable defensive potential – with the country’s automatic integration plan in NATO in the event of a violation of the Russian truce to be on the table.

“We believe that, as a consequence of acceleration in Ukrainian, but also as a result of those who say US leadership officials, there is a need for Europeans to do more, better and in a coherent way for our collective security,” the president’s Sunday adviser emphasized. Emmanuel Macron.

Aiming to determine what Europeans can do for themselves, the British Prime Minister, Kir Starmer, in an article in the British newspaper The Telegraph, says the United Kingdom ready to send troops to Ukraine, if needed to ensure the necessary security guarantees .

At the same time in Riyadh for the United States – Russian talks on Ukraine, United States Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, US National Security Chief Mike Wells and the country’s special envoy, Steve Witkov.

Although members of the Russian delegation have not yet been made known, a statement issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry states that “Sergei Lavrov and Mark Rubio have confirmed their readiness to work together to restore mutual respect for the transnational dialogue. tone set by the presidents (Trump – Putin). “

Ukraine remains excluded from the talks in Saudi Arabia with the country’s president, Volodimir Zelenskito repeat for the second time in three 24 hours that Vladimir Putin “will declare war on NATO even this summer” if the President of the United States withdraws US support to Ukraine.