 "French President Emmanuel Macron gestures after a meeting with European leaders on Ukraine and European security at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France. Reuters")
France has invited NATO partner Canada and other European nations that were not present earlier this week to a second conference it wants to convene on Wednesday to discuss Ukraine and European security, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday.
According to two accounts, those invited were Norway, Canada, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Romania, Sweden, and Belgium. The format will be hybrid, including video participation, three diplomats said.
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency conference on Monday with leaders from Britain, Germany, and Italy, as well as the NATO alliance and the EU executive.
That was part of efforts to assess how potential security guarantees for Ukraine could look, how Europe should move faster to increase defence spending, and how to move more quickly as the U.S. administration speeds up diplomacy to end the three-year war between Ukraine and Russia.
Some countries were unhappy that the meeting was only for selected leaders and not a full EU summit, EU officials have said.
The Elysee did not immediately respond to request for comment.