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French President Emmanuel Macron has called a new meeting on Ukraine in an effort to coordinate a European response after the US policy shift.
According to the French President's Office, Mr. Macron gave an important speech to the leaders of 19 countries, including Canada, at a meeting on February 19 to continue calling for a common response from key European leaders to Washington's apparent pivot to Moscow.
Mr Macron said Russia posed an existential threat to Europe and warned of the worst that could happen.
France has been considered one of the Western countries that has strongly supported Ukraine since the war between Russia and Ukraine broke out in February 2022.
The French President's statement was made in the context of the US changing its policy in resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
US President Donald Trump has stunned the European Union (EU) by announcing his readiness to resume dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after three years of war in Ukraine.
The move raises concerns that Washington could discuss Ukraine's future without consulting Europe or Kiev itself.
European leaders are scrambling to coordinate their actions after the Trump administration took its own steps toward strengthening bilateral ties and resolving the conflict in Ukraine, with a phone call between Trump and his Russian counterpart on February 12 and the first face-to-face meeting between the two countries' foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia on February 18.
Many European leaders fear being "left out" of the peace talks on the conflict in Ukraine, and have warned that they will not accept any negotiation results without the participation and/or acceptance of Europe and Ukraine.
In a move to keep up pressure on Moscow, EU countries agreed on February 19 to impose new sanctions on Russia. The decision on the 16th package of sanctions was reached by ambassadors on February 19, ahead of a joint visit by the European Commission Presidency to Kiev to mark three years of the conflict.
These measures are expected to be officially approved on February 24 when EU Foreign Ministers meet in Brussels (Belgium).
On the Russian side, on February 19, President Vladimir Putin shared his views on the high-level Russia-US talks that took place on February 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Putin described the discussions as the "first step" towards normalizing relations between Moscow and Washington.
He expressed hope that the process would pave the way for cooperation in many areas, including arms control, space exploration and energy.
He stressed that rebuilding trust between Russia and the United States is essential to solving a number of pressing issues, including resolving the conflict in Ukraine.
President Putin also criticized the reaction from the EU and Kiev, calling it inappropriate and completely groundless. He stressed that the main goal now is to restore US-Russia relations, adding that the two countries do not need any intermediaries to resolve their differences.
"Russia has never refused to contact EU countries or pulled out of negotiations with Ukraine," the Russian leader added, saying that Moscow is ready to return to the peace process at any time, but the final decision lies with Kiev and Brussels.
