Travel day this Wednesday, both for the Ukrainian president, the French president and the president of the European Commission as well as for the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Trips with various challenges.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Poland on Wednesday, a key ally of Ukraine which has played a leading role in encouraging Western military and political support for Kiev since the start of the Russian invasion.
There, the Ukrainian President was decorated with the Order of the White Eagle for the deepening of relations between Poland and Ukraine and for the struggle and perseverance in the protection of human rights. On this occasion, the Polish President Andrzej Duda said that Warsaw will ask for additional security guarantees for Ukraine at the next NATO summit this summer in Vilnius.
French President Emmanuel Macron is also making an important trip this Wednesday. He arrived in China with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, with the aim of “restoring” ties with one of Europe’s major economic partners, while wanting to address delicate issues , such as Ukraine.
During the first speech of his trip, delivered to the French community in China, he declared that Beijing might play a “major role” in the Ukrainian conflict and that it had “no interest” in supplying arms to Russia.
Meanwhile, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, visited Russia on Wednesday for talks aimed at securing the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been repeatedly targeted by fire. .
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