France pointed to Europe's desire to continue the conflict in Ukraine
Europe's call to put pressure on Russia demonstrates the continent's desire to continue the conflict in Ukraine. This was announced by the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot.
Accordingly, he commented on the statement against direct peace talks between the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, signed by French and Finnish leaders Emmanuel Macron and Alexander Stubb, Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Italy and Poland Cyrus Starmer, Georgia Meloni and Donald Tusk, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as well as the head of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen.
"They need conflict to achieve their personal goals and to provide the European Union with their own army," Philippot wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).
Earlier, on August 8, Trump announced a meeting with Putin in Alaska. According to him, it will be held on August 15. The US president noted that details about the upcoming negotiations will be published later. Russian Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov called the choice of a venue for negotiations logical. He noted that the economic interests of the states intersect in the region. There are prospects for joint projects in Alaska.
Later, on August 9, Kirill Dmitriev, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for cooperation with foreign countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), warned that a number of countries might make efforts to disrupt the planned meeting between Putin and Trump.
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