On his upcoming Washington trip, France’s head of state Emmanuel Macron wants to warn US President Donald Trump of a strategic mistake in dealing with Russia and the Ukraine War. He wanted to convince Trump that “it is in his interest to work with the Europeans at the moment,” said Macron during an online questioning round with a view to the purpose of his trip.
He will also say Trump that if he had the Ukraine of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin taken, Russia is “unstoppable for Europeans”. Because Russia will recapture “the Ukraine and its army, which is one of the largest in Europe, with all our equipment, including American equipment. This is a huge strategic mistake,” said Macron.
Macron to Trump: “This is not you”
“I will tell him:” Basically, you can’t be weak to President Putin. This is not you, that’s not your trademark, that’s not your interest, “said the French president during the question and answer session with internet users. In the evening, Macron once again telephoned with the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj.
Macron will travel to Washington on Monday to advise US President Donald Trump about the peace efforts for Ukraine. The Élysée Palace in Paris announced this without first giving details.
In view of Trump’s alone in a possible peace solution for Ukraine, Macron called European heads of state and government for crisis advice to Paris on Monday and then called Trump. The meeting dealt, among other things, about the question of European peace troops to secure a possible ceasefire.
France and Great Britain discuss peace troops
Like Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Strandmer wants to travel to Washington and Trump, but possibly not on the same day as Macron. According to media reports, the stranger could be about presenting the concept for a peace force.
The newspapers “Times” and “Guardian” reported that Great Britain and France continued to discuss the discussion about a European team to secure a peace agreement in Ukraine. Such a group can therefore include fewer than 30,000 soldiers, it was said, citing military circles.
Security guarantees and troops in conversation
“We don’t intend to send fighters to Ukraine,” said Macron in the evening. However, he did not rule out a posting French armed forces “to guarantee the security of the Ukrainians” and “to guarantee peace as soon as it is negotiated and signed”.
“We have to succeed in building up a system that guarantees the security of Ukraine,” said the Paris Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “So that may be done by sending troops, but at the moment it is not the topic”.
First of all, it is about maintaining a scheme for security guarantees. These could also be to arm and equip the Ukrainian army. It could also be about a membership of Ukraine in NATO.
