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"Determination is preserved"
Macron and Zelensky will sign a 10-year security guarantee between France and Ukraine
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron in the Champs Elysees. Photo: Yuri Safronov / "New Gazeta"
This is the third signing of such a contract - in January the guarantee was given by the UK, and this afternoon - Germany, where Zelensky signed a document with the chancellor Sholts.
“Our determination (to support Ukraine) is preserved, does not weaken and does not weaken,” the Councilor of the President of France emphasized before the arrival of the Ukrainian leader, emphasizing that “the Kremlin’s hope for our fatigue would not be justified.”
Actually, a demonstration of this support - especially, amid difficulties in approval of assistance to Ukraine in the US Congress, and became one of the reasons for this European tour of Vladimir Zelensky (he will go from Paris to the Munich Security Conference). It was originally planned that the French president will come to Ukraine this week and the contract will be signed there, but as a result, the visit was postponed for organizational reasons, and the signing of the document decided not to postpone.
As for the main goals of today's visit of Zelensky, the source in the Elysee called three:
“Firstly, to show that our determination to continue to provide support to Ukraine in order to stop this (...) is unshakable, as strong as on the first day, and that it will not weaken. This, by the way, is the meaning of a bilateral security agreement ... The second goal is (once again) to listen to Ukraine’s needs in terms of military support. And finally, the third goal is to continue to strengthen our bilateral relations, to maintain Ukraine on its European path. ”
As for the document, it will be concluded for 10 years and “includes specific obligations, including financial”, “it contains in sufficient detail the priority areas of cooperation, jointly defined by France and Ukraine, to achieve goals in both the military and civilians,” the Eliseisky said.
The content of the document should be published at the time of signing, after which the press conference of Macron and Zelensky will follow.