Inflecting the price of peace negotiations for Ukraine, to date in the dead end. Trying to relaunch them, as Donald Trump wishes, but strongly accentuating the pressure on Russia. Colmate the breaches in the Western ranks, so as not to go back to Vladimir Putin. Such were the challenges of the discussions in Paris, Thursday, April 17, on the occasion of the visit of the special envoy of the President of the United States, Steve Witkoff, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
Their arrival in France gave rise to a great first, two months after the first contact by phone between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in the back of the old continent: talks between the United States, Ukraine and Europeans, since Ukrainian, British and German representatives were invited by Emmanuel Macron, at the last minute. The exchanges were extended all day in different formats, the highlight being, at the end of the afternoon, a discussion extended to all the delegations present.
In session, the French head of state then praised “An important opportunity to have a convergence” Between Ukraine and its allies, after the multiple upheavals aroused in the Western camp by the return of Donald Trump to power, barely three months ago. The United States “Understood that just and lasting peace does not[ouvait] be reached that with the consent and the contribution of Europeans ”assured the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, a little later, on the LCI channel.
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Source: Lemonde