Brussels is scheduled to be the third European capital that Zelensky visits. His go to to Paris comes after the Ukrainian president traveled to London.
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has landed in France tonight for an official go to the place he has met together with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, in keeping with sources from the Elysée have confirmed to Europa Press, a go to which happens hours earlier than the beginning of the following summit of leaders of the European Union.
The British aircraft by which the president has traveled landed at round 9:45 p.m. on the Paris Orly Airport, on the outskirts of the French capital. Minutes later, wearing his typical olive inexperienced clothes, Zelenski has gone down the steps of the aircraft, the place he has been acquired by the Defense Minister, Sebastien Lecornu.
Already on the headquarters of the French Presidency, Macron has acquired the Ukrainian head of state and, then, Scholz has left the inside of the palace to pose with each leaders in a historic photograph that certifies Zelenski’s go to to the second capital Europe in in the future, after London.
His go to to Paris takes place after the Ukrainian president traveled to London, the place he has met with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, the King, Carlos III, and has given a speech earlier than Parliament. Precisely Macron and Scholz went to kyiv collectively final June to fulfill with Zelenski, to whom they promised their full assist when requesting Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
During his go to to London, Sunak has introduced the growth of his assist for kyiv, together with the presence of navy plane pilots and marines in British coaching programmes.
Next cease Brussels
Brussels is lastly anticipated to be the third European capital to go to on this outing, though diplomatic sources in Brussels ask that it not be seen as a “competitors” between international locations however because the event for the Twenty-seven to bolster the message of their political assist for Ukraine within the face of the Russian invasion, whereas remembering that the cargo of arms is a nationwide competence that falls on particular person governments and never on the EU as a bloc.
The Ukrainian president had made just one international go to so far because the outbreak of the warfare. Thus, he traveled to the United States on December 21, the place he met with the president of the North American nation, Joe Biden, and gave a speech earlier than Congress. On his return, he made a stopover in Poland for a gathering together with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, earlier than arriving in kyiv.
Although for now there isn’t a official affirmation, Zelenski is anticipated to journey to Brussels this Thursday to coincide with a summit of the Twenty-seven Heads of State and Government, which is the president’s first go to to Europe because the begin of the warfare. , weeks after the primary yr of Russian aggression.
In the absence of understanding the main points of an agenda that is still formally unconfirmed for safety causes, the European Parliament has scheduled a unprecedented plenary session to hearken to the Ukrainian president and the EU leaders additionally hope to obtain him on the Council headquarters in the course of the summit .