🔴 #Direct | #WeimarPlus
Conférence de presse des ministres de l'Europe 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱, réunis dans le cadre d'une réunion en format Triangle de Weimar plus, avec Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, ministre indien des Affaires étrangères 🇮🇳 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpMenLLdxE
TIL about Weimar+, created as reaction to the Trump administration to combine the forces of (for now) France, Germany, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom to support Ukraine. This might very well result in military support independent of NATO too, see the closing statement: "We are therefore working together to strengthen our collective defence capabilities."
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ukraine/statement-weimar-support-ukraine_en
Thx to @mfierst for the info!
Statement issued by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom. We are ready to enhance our support for Ukraine. We commit to its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s war of aggression. We share the goal to keep supporting Ukraine until a just, comprehensive and lasting peace is reached. A peace that guarantees the interest of Ukraine and our own. We are looking forward to discussing the way ahead together with our American allies. Our shared objectives should be to put Ukraine in a position of strength. Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations. Ukraine should be provided with strong security guarantees. A just and lasting peace in Ukraine is a necessary condition for a strong transatlantic security. We recall that the security of the European continent is our common responsibility. We are therefore working together to strengthen our collective defence capabilities.
Excellent words, and clearly a lot of planning and diplomacy went into making sure this was ready to go as soon as the Trump regime started signalling an imminent betrayal of Ukraine. Now let's see what they - we - can back the words in with. Pedal to the metal for the DIB, at least.
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