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The EU foreign ministers called on the Transatlantic Unit to support Ukraine and increase pressure on Russia after the emergency meeting convened in front of the Trump-Putin summit at the end of this week.
Kaya Kallas, the main diplomat of the EU, said after an informal meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (SEY), which was also present by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Subin, who are ministers “They expressed their support to us, which will lead to a fair world.”
“Transatlantic unity, support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia is how we end this war and prevent future Russian aggression in Europe.
“Meanwhile, we work in more sanctions against Russia. More military support for Ukraine and more support for the financial needs of Ukraine and the process of joining the EU “He added.
The meeting was sent for an announcement two days earlier that US President Donald Trump and Russian colleague Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on August 15.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will not follow them, although Trump said that he hopes to lead the tripartite meeting at which the Ukrainian prime minister will be present.
The upcoming summit led to a storm of contacts between the leaders of European states who are afraid will retreat an agreement that they probably must maintain in the majority her.
In a joint statement published on the weekend, the leaders of Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Great Britain and the European Commission confirmed their position that “The road to the world in Ukraine cannot be resolved without Ukraine.”
They also rejected Putin’s proposal for the ceasefire and the exchange of Ukrainian territories Donetsk and Luhank, saying that “the current contact line should be the starting point of negotiations” and emphasized that “They are united as European and determined to promote our interests together.”
“We will continue to work closely with President Trump and the United States of America, as well as with the President of Zelensky and the people of Ukraine, for the world that will protect our vital security interests,” they added.
The German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, French President Emmanuel Macron and the British Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer will preside on Wednesday at an extraordinary meeting of “cooking coalition”, which will be attended by Trump and Zelensky. It is expected that the leaders of Italy, Finland, Poland, the secretary of NATO -General, as well as Ursula von der Lien and Antonio Costa, who head the European Commission and the European Council, respectively.
Eliza said that other meetings with a television conference in various forms will be held on the same day, “Including the one in which President Trump will participate.”
The situation and recent events in the Middle East, in particular, the destructive humanitarian situation in Gaza, were also on the agenda of the current Council for Foreign Affairs.