PRES. MACRON TALKED ON THE PHONE TO HIS UKRAINIAN COUNTERPART ZELENSKYY

ON 24 JANUARY 2023

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster, Rahma Sophia RACHDI | Paris, Washington DC, 01/26/2023, 23:53 Time

USPA NEWS - The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with the President of Ukraine Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The Head of State questioned President Zelenskyy on the situation on the ground and on Ukraine's needs, reiterating France's full readiness to respond to them. President Zelenskyy once again thanked France for the deliveries of anti-aircraft defense systems and for sending AMX-10 RC combat tanks. The Ukrainian President also thanked France for the continuous deliveries aimed at helping Ukraine get through the winter, in the wake of the international support conference organized in Paris on 13 December 2022. The two leaders also discussed the prospects for a return to peace in Europe. French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed his full support for the Ukrainian proposal for a ten-point peace plan, and his determination to support this initiative on the international scene." Source: French Presidency

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Autonomy in strategic sectors will be a priority of the Spanish Presidency of EU

In the second half of the year

Responsible Author: Jose A. Martin | Madrid, 01/25/2023, 11:25 Time

USPA NEWS - Achieving autonomy from the European Union in strategic sectors has become a necessity highlighted by the war in Ukraine. The European partners have learned valuable lessons in this conflict, which on February 24 will mark one year since its outbreak, and Spain, which will assume the EU Presidency on July 1, has proposed to advance in that objective. According to the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, "a fair response to the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine not only serves to protect the social majority; it is also an investment that rearms and legitimizes the European project."

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