“The position of France is constant, it will not change. We are for the sovereignty of peoples and territorial integrity,” Macron said.
He expressed the hope that Putin “finally stops lying.” “In Ukraine, we are waiting for only one answer: whether President Putin agrees to an unconditional ceasefire,” the French president said.
He noted that the anger of the Americans, who faced difficulties in their attempts to stop hostilities, should be aimed at only one person – Putin.
Macron added that the question of the status of Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, is not worth it now, since he is pushing the United States and Ukraine in search of a peaceful solution.
US President Donald Trump, who said that the territory has already been lost for Kyiv, describes the actual situation, said Macron. “Does this mean that we must provide [России] Free journey? No, ”he said.
Context
On April 23, a summit of foreign ministers of Ukraine, the USA, Great Britain, Germany and France was to be held in London. In the afternoon, the British Foreign Ministry said that the summit was postponed. The ministerial meetings that were supposed to begin in the morning did not take place, they were replaced by backstage discussions of officials.
April 22 The Washington Post wrote that Ukrainian and European officials at this meeting would be forced to respond to The US proposal to recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the aggressor country of Russia and freeze the front line under a peace agreement. It is noted that the allies of Ukraine hoped to get security guarantees and programs for restoring the country in exchange for any territorial concessions.
On the same day, The Wall Street Journal celebrated with reference to sources that France and Great Britain are ready to consider the script Settlement of the war in Ukraine, within the framework of which Kyiv will abandon part of the territories captured by the invaders.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on April 22, commenting on probable territorial concessions and the recognition of Crimea by Russian, said that Ukraine does not legally recognize OCcupation of the peninsula. “This is our territory, the territory of the people of Ukraine. We have nothing to talk about on this topic – it is outside our constitution,” Zelensky said.
On April 23, Reuters wrote that the United States refused to participate in negotiations in London because of the document prepared by Ukraine, according to which Kyiv will not discuss territorial issues until a “complete and unconditional ceasefire”.
