French President Emmanuel Macron arrives in Poland this Thursday to discuss European support for Ukraine following his meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Saturday.
According to the Elysée Palace, Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will discuss the issue of European support for Ukraine “in a new transatlantic context, as well as with a view to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of 2025”.
Macron’s visit to Warsaw comes as Tusk announced that the French President would “inform him of the results of the discussions” on Saturday at the Elysée Palace with Trump and Zelensky, a meeting he described as “brief but important”.
Donald Trump – who will take office at the White House on 20 January – has called for an immediate ceasefire and for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine, the day after his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian President expressed his “deep gratitude” to the Republican billionaire for his “strong determination” to put an end to the war with Russia.
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The Polish prime minister – who is a staunch backer of neighbouring Ukraine and will take over the rotating EU presidency from Hungary next month – also announced a series of upcoming talks with foreign officials.
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