The French president Emanuel Macron He told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky today that French arms deliveries to Ukraine would intensify in the coming days, stressing that Paris was ready to meet additional requests for assistance, the French presidency said.
In a telephone conversation with Zelensky, Macron also said that Ukraine’s application for membership of the European Union would be considered by EU members at a summit in June and reiterated an idea of creating a new “political community” outside the EU. to facilitate the integration of Ukraine.
We also discussed defense support from France, preparation of the 6th package of sanctions, possible ways to export Ukrainian agricultural products. Held a substantive discussion of our application for the status of a candidate for EU membership. (2/2)
– Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 17, 2022
Earlier the Ukrainian president in a post on twitter Regarding the two leaders’ telephone communication, he stressed that he had a “long and substantial” telephone communication with his French counterpart regarding the war in Ukraine.
“We also discussed defense support from France, the preparation of the sixth package of sanctions (the EU against Russia) and possible ways to export Ukrainian agricultural products. “We had a substantive discussion about our application for EU candidate status,” he said.
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