During the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Budapest, Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart.
At the summit of the European Political Community (EPC), in Budapest, Emmanuel Macron as European leader. This Thursday, November 7, during this forum that he himself initiated, the French president urged Europe to “write History” in this “decisive” moment, rather than “reading History written by others”, Americans, Chinese or Russians.
In Budapest, on the sidelines of this summit of the European Political Community, Emmanuel Macron spoke with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, reports the Élysée in a press release.
“During this exchange, the President of the Republic wanted to reaffirm to the Ukrainian President that France would continue to support Ukraine as long and intensely as necessary to defeat the war of aggression that Russia is waging in Ukraine and to achieve a just and lasting peace, in compliance with international law,” it was announced by the executive.
Macron condemns Russia's sending of North Korean troops
Facing Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron also “condemned with the greatest firmness the deployment of troops from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which constitutes an unacceptable escalation and a particularly serious new internationalization of this conflict on European soil.”
On this subject, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured this Thursday that North Korean soldiers, who are in the Russian region of Kursk according to kyiv and the West, “took part in hostilities” alongside Russia and suffered “losses”.
According to Volodymyr Zelensky, “11,000 North Korean soldiers are currently in the Kursk region.” “Some of them have already taken part in hostilities against the Ukrainian military. Losses have already been recorded,” he added during a European conference in Budapest.
Loïc Besson and Lucie Valais with AFP
