No one-on-one meetings and, as a result, no private conversations with Giorgia Meloni. The meeting between the Italian prime minister and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which was supposed to take place on the sidelines of the extraordinary European Council, will not go as planned. The heads of state and government of the European Union will be able to meet with Zelensky in small groups, not privately, at meetings organized by the Council “to give all leaders the opportunity to speak with the president of Ukraine”. A decision already expected by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez. At the moment, it is unclear whether the bilateral agreement that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is supposed to make with Zelensky will take place bilaterally or in a group with other heads of state and government.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leader spoke at a press conference in Brussels, assuming Ukraine’s possible accession to the EU: “I think I heard it, maybe I wanted to hear it or maybe we’re asking too much, we will do it after the results of the recommendations. We can start the dialogue about our future in the EU. Of course we need it this year, to motivate our army.” They are attacked and fighting by the Russians… we need ‘for’, for the motherland but also to join the EU. We need it this year. And when I say this year, I mean 2023, Charles,” adding to Charles Michel. “I feel very responsible for achieving unanimity in the Council of Europe,” he says to the President of the European Council.
I want to thank you for understanding how much we need cannons, tanks, long-range missiles and modern warplanes. We are very grateful to you for giving us this military support. We must accelerate this cooperation. and to make it faster in the face of the aggressor’s mobilization. We are very grateful to all EU countries who understand that our brave soldiers are fighting against Russian terror, with your support, not only against Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, but against Europe.”
Zelenskiy also talked about the meeting that took place in Paris yesterday with Macron and Scholz: “We had a very strong and important meeting. I see this as a positive meeting: I wouldn’t have made a public statement, but there was talk of increasing military capacity. Ukrainians, including tanks”.
Source: Today IT
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