During the conference, the French president announced the topics of the Thursday summit of the “coalition of the willing”, the Kiev allies. He declared further military support of France to Ukraine worth EUR 2 billion.
Zelenski besides pointed out that Kiev expects the United States to guarantee that the ceasefire agreement in the Black Sea is respected by Russia.
“The situation in the Black Sea is more complicated. Moscow tries to enter additional terms into an agreement that has no preconditions," said Zelenski at a joint press conference with Emmanuel Macron.
— Therefore, we anticipate the American side to guarantee the unconditional nature of silence at sea," stressed the Ukrainian President.
Macro about abolishing sanctions against Russia. “It’s besides early to talk about it”
French president Emmanuel Macron said it was besides early to talk about the abolition of sanctions against Russia; he added that it would be dependent on the "election of Russia to comply with global law".
Macron stressed the difference between Ukraine, which in the course of talks with the United States agreed to a truce without preliminaries and Russia, which presently sets conditions.
Zelenski besides stressed that the peace contingent is needed to prevent Russia from resuming aggression.
— No 1 wants to affect this or any another country in the war," said Zelenski. “The quota is very crucial for control. Above all, the contingent is in any case a combat force, but above all it is utilized to control the situation, monitor the situation, conduct joint maneuvers and to guarantee that Russia does not want to return to 1 or another wave of aggression," he explained.
