Macron: Only Ukrainians can negotiate lasting peace, we will help them

The French president said this in a post on social media platform X following a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“If President Donald Trump can truly convince President Putin to stop the aggression against Ukraine, that is great news. Then, it will be the Ukrainians alone who can drive the discussions for a solid and lasting peace. We will help them in this endeavor,” Macron noted.

He stressed that Europeans will need to strengthen collective security and “become more autonomous”. “France will fully play its role in accelerating this process,” the president wrote.

In this context, Macron called for an urgent need to make Europe “stronger and more sovereign.”

As Ukrinform reported, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the coordination of Ukraine's and the Alliance's positions on ending the war.

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