Paris:
President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France was entering a “new era” and planned to tell us President Donald Trump that he could not be “weak” with Vladimir Putin.
Macron spoke to French before a planned visit to the White House to meet Trump next week, as Europe scrambled to respond to its Ukraine war innings.
“I am going to tell him: ‘You cannot weaken with President Putin. It’s not your trademark, it is not your interest” Answers to Social media.
The White House said Trump would meet Macron in Washington on Monday and the next week on Thursday, British Prime Minister Kir Stmper.
Trump has sent shock waves around Europe, saying that he is ready to resume diplomacy with Putin to end Russia’s three -year war against Ukraine on the heads of European countries and Kiev. Is.
In recent times, French officials have said that the French people need to understand the horrors of the danger coming from the Kremlin.
Macron told reporters earlier this week: “Russia is an existential threat to Europeans.”
On Thursday, the French President said that France needed to beef for security amid shock policy change in US-Russia relations.
“I am confident that we are entering a new era. It will apply to us,” Macron said. “We Europeans should increase their war effort.”
Macron insisted that he did not plan to send Ukraine to the soldiers in “yesterday”, but indicated that France was considering providing security guarantee to Ukraine after a ceasefire deal with Russia.
“I have not decided to send soldiers to Ukraine yesterday, no,” he said.
He said, “What we are considering is sending the army to guarantee peace after talking once.”
Speaking to AFP before Thursday, a French source, familiar with the discussions, said that France was working with European countries to ensure safety guarantee for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire agreement.
Macron also said that he planned to talk to Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelansky on Thursday.
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