The United States and France have ratified their commitment to maintain security assistance to Ukraine for as long as necessary

The president of the United States, Joe Bidenand its French counterpart Emanuel Macron, They had a phone conversation on Tuesday in which they reaffirmed their mutual commitment to continue to supply “help with safetyto Ukraine.

“Both leaders spoke of their support for Ukraine when the brutal russian invasion enters its second year, including its commitment to continue to provide security assistance to Kyiv and to impose sanctions on Russia for its aggression,” the statement details. White House in a short statement.

The two presidents also stressed the need to Russia pays ‘the price of its aggression’.

The two leaders also discussed the cooperation between Washington and Paris according to Indo-Pacific regionas well as the “shared efforts to face the challenges posed by China to the international order normative”.

Macron and Biden reaffirmed their mutual commitment to close coordination on ecological matters, for which they agreed to “accelerate the transition to clean energy savings”.

Biden made it clear early on that The United States will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes and Macron has repeated in the past that peace will only be possible if Russia “stops aggression” against Ukraine, “withdraws its troops” and respects “the territorial sovereignty of the Ukrainian people”.

For their part, the European Union defense ministers (EU) began an informal two-day meeting on Tuesday in stockholm in which they will discuss formulas for accelerate the production and delivery of artillery ammunition to Ukraine, so that this country can continue to defend itself against the Russian invasion.

They will also discuss how to undertake joint acquisitions and increase the production capacity of European industry.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, takes part in the meeting of ministers with the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, who posted a video on Twitter in which he stressed the importance of supporting Ukraine by providing ammunition.

“We are here at a decisive moment regarding the war in Ukraine. We must continue to support Ukraine as much as we can and especially in terms of ammunition“, said.

He added that at the Stockholm meeting they will see “how together with all 27 member states we can increase our ammunition production in Europe to be able to deliver what is absolutely mandatory for Ukraine”.

“The EU’s objective is very clear: to continue to support Ukraine for as long as we can. Joint procurement is one of the most important issues in this task,” said the community spokesperson, on the other hand. Pierre Stano at the European Commission’s daily press conference.

The 27 will discuss strategies such as the one proposed by the European External Action Service (EEAS) led by the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to deliver all the 155 mm caliber ammunition they can in kyiv, with the idea of ​​replenishing it quickly by accelerating current contracts with industry and generating new orders.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)

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