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Diplomacy: Macron wants the Zelensky-Poutine meeting to take place in Switzerland
The French president spoke of the desire to organize the meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents in Switzerland, in Geneva.
President Macron believes that the meeting between Zelensky and Putin must take place in Switzerland.
AFPThe meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin is expected to take place in Europe, said French president Emmanuel Macron who pleads for her to stand in Geneva.
“More than a hypothesis, it is even the collective will,” said Macron in an interview broadcast on Tuesday on LCIAsked about the outfit in Europe of this meeting announced at the end of the meeting in Washington between Donald Trump and several European leaders.
“It will be a neutral country, and therefore perhaps Switzerland, I plead for Geneva, or another country. The last time there have been bilateral discussions was in Istanbul, “he said.
On the security of Ukraine, the head of state announced the organization, with the United Kingdom, of a meeting this Tuesday at noon of the +coalition of volunteers +, “the 30 countries that work on safety guarantees to keep them informed of what has been decided”.
“In the process, we start concrete work with the Americans and therefore, tomorrow (Tuesday), our diplomatic advisers, ministers, chiefs of the middle staff launch the work to see who is ready to do what”. On territorial concessions, “it is up to Ukraine to make them (…) Ukraine will make the concessions that it considers just and good,” he said.
(The/Yb)