“The US Secretary of State recalled that in almost three years since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, France has trained more than 15 thousand Ukrainian soldiers, and French companies have increased production “to strengthen our transatlantic defense and industrial base.””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I think that in the coming months, France’s leadership will be important to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to be in the strongest position to defend its democratic independence, whether on the battlefield or at the negotiating table,” he stressed. head of American diplomacy.
Blinken recalled that in the nearly three years since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, France has trained more than 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and French companies have increased production “to strengthen our transatlantic defense and industrial base.”
“Ukraine is perhaps the best example of the fact that security in Europe is intertwined with security in the whole world. If we look at what is happening in Ukraine now, what allows Russian aggression to continue? Support from North Korea with artillery, ammunition and troops; and everything that China does to support Russia’s defense and industrial base – machine tools, microelectronics, everything comes to Russia from China, from Hong Kong, which allows Russia to continue producing weapons, ammunition and other things necessary for the continuation of its aggression,” Blinken emphasized .
According to French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barro, support for Ukraine is dictated by the fact that it is “a question of the future of international law.” “If we allowed the capitulation of Ukraine, we would allow force to prevail. And this is a matter of security for both the French and the Europeans,” Barro emphasized.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who will resign in less than two weeks, is not the first time this week to raise the topic of Ukraine. On January 6, in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, he stated that Ukraine’s position in Russia’s Kursk region is important for any future negotiations. Blinken reminded that the administration of President Joe Biden seeks to ensure that “Ukraine has as strong a hand as possible to play.”