The efforts of the leaders of France, Germany and Poland at the Weimar meeting to focus on commonalities in the Ukraine issue

According to the report of Tasnim News Agency international group, D. The site wrote in a report: German Prime Minister Olaf Schultz, who hosted the leaders of France and Poland yesterday in the so-called Weimar Triangle meeting in Berlin, announced that these countries have agreed on various measures to provide military support to Ukraine.

Sholtz said: Among other things, we will now supply more weapons to Ukraine in the whole world market, and this is a good development.

In addition, the three countries agreed to form a “Capable Coalition for Long-Range Missile Artillery”. It is planned as part of the so-called Rammstein format. This contact group, known as Rammstein, was formed in the spring of 2022 and consists of 50 countries. The organization meets regularly to support Ukraine.

According to Schultz, the production of military equipment should also be expanded. Germany’s chancellor has announced that windfall profits from Russian assets blocked in Europe will be used in the future to support arms purchases for Ukraine. The defense ministers of the Ramstein Contact Group want to discuss on Monday how to implement these decisions.

German Chancellor Schultz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Donald Tusk In this meeting, Poland also emphasized the necessity of their unity. “All three of us are serious about our support for Ukraine,” Schulz said. More than ever, our unity is our strength. In particular, our three countries have a special responsibility.

Macron also said that France, Poland and Germany evaluate the situation in Ukraine in the same way. We are determined and will do everything to ensure that Russia does not win the war. The French president said: “We do not want the escalation of tension, and this means that we must remain united.” Tusk also added that the resolutions of their tripartite meeting showed that “nasty rumors about disputes” are not true. He added: “Today we spoke with one voice.” The stronger Europe is, the greater the chances of Ukraine winning the war.

Of course, the issue of sending ground forces to Ukraine has recently caused differences between Germany and France. Before meeting Schultz, Macron reiterated his stance on French television, declaring that “all these options are possible,” but he did not say when. Olaf Schultz is against this idea of ​​the French president.

In this meeting, it was also emphasized that the European Union will expand its aid and training mission.

This was the first high-level meeting of the so-called Weimar Triangle since June 2023. The talks took place almost three weeks after the controversial Ukraine conference in Paris, where Macron invited about 20 heads of state and led to heightened tensions over sending ground troops to Ukraine.

On Friday, both sides reiterated their positions before the meeting. Macron has said he wants to keep all options on the table to help Ukraine’s armed forces – Schultz, on the other hand, has categorically ruled out sending troops to the country.

This German newspaper wrote: This tripartite meeting in Berlin pursued the goal of envisioning a non-united European Union in The field of aid to Ukraine to deal with. However, the disagreements about sending ground forces to Ukraine were not resolved.

In the press event after this meeting, no questions from journalists were allowed. Schultz and Macron did not mention this issue in their statements.

However, shortly before this meeting, the two reiterated their different positions. There is no change in the German chancellor’s attitude towards this issue. He made it clear.

Just minutes before Schultz joined the French president with a handshake – but no hug – on the red carpet. The chancellor’s building, Stephen Hebstreit, the spokesman of the German government, emphasized that the Prime Minister would remain on this position. Macron emphasized his position on this issue before holding this meeting.

However, the focus of this tripartite meeting was on similarities. Schulz reiterated that they now want to buy weapons and ammunition around the world to support Ukraine. Germany wants to contribute about 350 million euros.

Meanwhile, the position of Polish Prime Minister Tusk on the issue of ground forces was unclear on Friday. At the end of February, in a meeting with his counterpart Petr Fiala in Prague, he said: Poland does not intend to send its troops to Ukraine. However, he did not comment on what position his government would take if other NATO countries sent troops to Poland’s eastern neighbor and whether that should be an option at all.

At the same time, a little later, Radoslav Sikorski, the foreign minister of this country, took a much clearer position and announced that the presence of NATO forces in Ukraine is not unthinkable. He emphasized: I welcome the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron. He justified his stance by saying that Macron’s proposal means that “Putin is afraid, instead of us being afraid of Putin.”

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