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The Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto will receive his counterparts from four other European military powers, Germany, France, Poland and the United Kingdom on Friday to discuss support for Ukraine, his ministry announced on Monday night, AFP writes.
In addition to Ukraine, the ministers will also discuss the ways to strengthen the European defense, the ministry said in a statement.
This is the fourth meeting of this type, after Berlin (November 25), Warsaw (January 13) and Paris (March 12), according to Agerpres.
At the end of the meeting, the five ministers will hold a common press conference at 12.45 GMT.
The announcement of this meeting comes in the context in which Donald Trump said on Monday that a trip to Turkey on Thursday for possible Russian-Ukrainian discussions, to which Volodimir Zelenski took Vladimir Putin.
Kievul and his European allies have asked for a “complete and unconditional” armistice for 30 days from Monday, in their opinion, in their opinion, for direct peace discussions between Ukraine and Russia, threatening Moscow with “massive sanctions” in case of refusal.
But the Kremlin rejected this step on Monday: “The language of ultimatums is unacceptable to Russia,” said Dmitri Peskov spokesman during his daily briefing.
Subsequently, he insisted that Moscow wants “serious” negotiations to reach peace in conflict, triggered by the wide -scale invasion of the Ukrainian territory in February 2022 and whose balance rises to at least tens of thousands of dead and huge destruction.
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as the head of EU diplomacy, reiterated their request for a 30 -day armistice.
It follows the latest developments in the 1174th day of the LiveText Ukraine on Hotnews.ro.
