The OP and the Foreign Ministry commented on the results of the visit of the leaders of the four states of the European Union/Channel 24 Collage Dmytro Kuleba positively assessed and explained the results of the visit of European officials to Ukraine. The meeting was also commented on in the Office of the President.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that Volodymyr Zelenskyy's long conversation with the heads of government and presidents of four EU member states was quite effective. The diplomat said that the day was “really cool”.
Kuleba summed up the visit of Scholz, Draghi, Macron and Johannis to Ukraine.
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, on June 16, the “European guests” of the capital received full packages of the sanctions developments of the McFaul-Yermak group of experts. EU leaders have acknowledged that some of their European counterparts feel “tired of sanctions”, however, they personally are ready to move on – new sanctions against Russia will be adopted .
Regarding the supply of weapons to our state, according to Kuleba, some new and useful announcements were made from Scholz, Macron, Draghi and Iohannis. Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked and explained in figures why weapons need to be supplied more and more often – the guests, the diplomat says, have heard the call.
At the same time, compared to even the beginning of this week, today Ukraine has become closer to Candidate Statusfor membership in the European Union. At the same time, Dmitry Kuleba added that not all obstacles have been overcome in this matter and not all “traps” have been overcome. work for the result, – explained the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
In addition, Kuleba assured that all leaders agreed that Russia cannot be trusted, and on Ukrainian grain exportwe need to work through the mechanisms of the United Nations, with clear guarantees. In parallel, there will be significant development of land corridors. The diplomat stressed that the topic of grain is directly related to the topic of perceptions of the war in Ukraine in Africa, Asia and Latin America – actions in this direction have been coordinated.
By the way, the Minister of Foreign Affairs assured that none of the guests at the meeting forced, persuaded or “concluded” Ukraine with regard to negotiations with Russia. Kuleba urged Ukrainians to “leave this fear out”, because lately Volodymyr Zelensky and the entire Ukrainian diplomatic team have made it clear to the EU countries that our state is not one of those that can be forced, to persuade, squeeze or “dissolve “.
As the President's Office commented on the meeting
The website of the President of Ukraine also published the main results of the meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, Mario Draghi and Klaus Johannis. As Volodymyr Zelensky himself said, during a meeting in Kyiv, the leaders of the five states in general discussed:
- steps to continue and strengthen the defense of Ukraine;
- issues of economic support for Ukrainian citizens and post-war reconstruction;
- opportunities to counter the food crisis provoked by Russia;
- further sanctions pressure on the aggressor country;
- European integration of our state.
By the way, Zelensky informed the partners about the current situation at the front, in particular, about the heroic defense in the Donbass, the situation in the Kharkiv region and southern Ukraine.
Zelensky's meeting with the leaders four states of the European Union/Photo from the website of the President of Ukraine
Among other things, Emmanuel Macron said that Europe – < strong>side by side with Ukraine to victoryand the face of this victory will be a free, independent, peaceful and calm Ukraine. He stressed that our state itself will decide when and under what conditions it will sit down at the negotiating table with Russia.
Olaf Scholz, in turn, expressed his admiration for the courage of the Ukrainian military and people of Ukraine in the fight against the Russian invasion, assuring that Germany from the first day is on the side of our state and supplies Ukraine with weapons.
Klaus Iohannis noted that Russian aggression must be stopped, and Russian war crimes on the territory of Ukraine – investigated by international justice . He noted Romania's assistance to Ukrainian refugees and the transit of Ukrainian grain due to the capacity of the port of Constanta on the Danube.
Mario Draghi said that he was struck by the terrible consequences of the Russian occupation . He stressed that everyone should counteract Russia's aggression together, and the world should be the way Ukraine wants to see.
