And three. President Emmanuel Macron is convening a new Defense Council devoted to Ukraine at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, the third since the start of the Russian invasion on Thursday, the Elysée announced on Tuesday evening. Emmanuel Macron, who is also President-in-Office of the European Union, is on the front line in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and has multiplied diplomatic meetings and telephone calls to try to find a solution to the conflict and first and foremost a ceasefire. -fire, on the sixth day of the war.
Also on Tuesday, he spoke by telephone with the leaders of India, Japan, Azerbaijan, Finland and Lithuania. France participates in Western sanctions once morest Russia and has also planned to supply defense equipment to Ukraine. The precise nature of these weapons has not been disclosed.
Deployment of French soldiers
But speaking on Tuesday before the National Assembly, the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly announced the acceleration of the deployment already planned for mid-March of French reinforcements in the Baltic countries, as well as reinforcements in Romania.
According to the Elysée, another Defense Council will address the health crisis in the wake of the weekly Council of Ministers which should adopt a decree ending the state of health emergency in Guyana and Mayotte.
