Volodymyr Zelensky’s presence at the G7 summit “could be a game changer” for Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday at the entrance to a bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in Hiroshima, Japan.
“This is a unique opportunity” for Zelensky to discuss with his G7 allies (the group of the seven most industrialized countries in the world), but also to defend the cause of Ukraine against the Russian invasion with the different leaders of the countries of the South guests. to the summit, Macron stressed, addressing his Ukrainian counterpart in English.
“I think it could be a game changer,” he added, assuring the Ukrainian president that France will support Kiev “until the end.” Volodymyr Zelensky thanked for the support.
Since his arrival in Hiroshima this afternoon, Zelensky has held bilateral meetings with G7 officials and has also established contact with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who assured him that India will do “everything possible” to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
According to the French Presidency, the Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, also intends to meet with Zelensky during the summit: “He has shown great availability for dialogue,” he said.
The members of the G7 (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom), plus the European Union, have been meeting since Friday for a summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The leaders have already called on China to pressure Russia to stop the war against Ukraine, while saying they want “constructive and stable” relations with Beijing.
“We call on China to exert pressure on Russia to cease its military aggression and withdraw its troops from Ukraine immediately, fully and unconditionally,” they said in a statement quoted by the French agency AFP.
Beijing remains a close ally of Moscow and has never condemned the Russian invasion, but sent a diplomat to Europe this week to try to broker a solution to the conflict.
Russia’s war against Ukraine plunged Europe into what is considered the most serious security crisis since World War II (1939-1945).
The number of civilian and military casualties in the conflict is unknown, but several sources, including the United Nations, have admitted that it will be very high.
Source: TSF
