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Following US President Donald Trump’s direct talks with Russia to end the Ukraine war, Poland’s foreign minister said Saturday that France will host a European summit on Ukraine on Monday, reported by AFP.
The move came after US President Donald Trump stunned European leaders on Wednesday by saying he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and directed talks on Ukraine to begin “immediately.” The announcement sparked concerns among European officials that they might be sidelined from negotiations aimed at ending the war.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski wrote on X on Saturday that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk would be at the Paris meeting and added that “we need to show our strength and unity”.
The office of French President Emmanuel Macron told AFP that “discussions” were going on between European leaders “about a possible informal meeting”, without giving a date or specifying the possible attendees.
Speaking on a panel at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Sikorski said that French President Emmanuel Macron had called for a summit of European leaders in Paris.
”President Trump has a method of operating, which the Russians call reconnaissance through battle. You push and you see what happens, and then you change your position, legitimate tactics. And we need to respond,” Sikorski said.
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The French presidency official said that if there were to be any such summit, it would not be on Sunday.
”I am glad that the (Polish) Prime Minister @donaldtusk will go on Monday at the invitation of the President @EmmanuelMacron to a meeting of European leaders. We need to show our strength and unity,” Sikorski later said on Twitter.
It was not clear whether the invite would only be sent to European Union member states or more broadly and whether Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy would be invited.
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