“Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Mark Rutte made brief statements to the press, but did not answer journalists’ questions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We have already met with President Macron,” Zelenskyy said and stated that meetings with the Secretary General of NATO and other EU leaders are “a good opportunity to talk about security guarantees for Ukraine.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that they will talk about strengthening Ukraine now, and “when peace comes”, it will also be necessary to think about Ukraine’s economy and not only to buy weapons, but also to buy from Ukraine.
Rutte and Zelensky made brief statements to the press, but did not answer journalists’ questions.
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Today, December 18, Volodymyr Zelenskyi arrived in Brussels, where he is to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and a number of European leaders.
Earlier, the correspondent of Radio Svoboda, referring to diplomats in NATO, who are not authorized to give comments to the media, reported that Emmanuel Macron will not attend the summit of the European Union, scheduled for tomorrow, December 19, due to a natural disaster in the overseas territories of France.
At the same time, as reported by the Reuters agency, the personal meeting between Macron and Zelensky was supposed to take place after 19:00 (Kyiv time) on December 18. Later, the French president plans to leave Brussels.
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The French BFM network released a short video of the meeting.
Earlier it was reported that the President of France will not take part in the meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the leaders of Germany, Italy, Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands, which is being organized today by the Secretary General of NATO in Brussels.
Cyclone Shido came to Mayotte on the night of December 14 with a wind speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour, damaging residential buildings, administrative buildings and a hospital. Forecasters said it was the strongest storm in 90 years.
The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte, with a population of more than 320,000 people, in the Indian Ocean is estimated at “several hundred”, possibly thousands, said the prefect of the region, François-Xavier Beauville, speaking on the Mayotte la 1ere TV channel.