"
Peace is possible
" in Ukraine when the Ukrainians "
decide
it", declared Sunday October 23 Emmanuel Macron at the opening of a summit for peace in Rome organized by the Sant'Egidio community.
“
Let's not let the peace today be somehow captured by Russian power.
»
Emmanuel Macron also justified Western support for Kiev "
so that at some point the Ukrainian people can choose peace
", "
in the terms they have decided
".
"
Peace will be built with the other, who is today's enemy, around a table
," he said, in front of hundreds of political and religious leaders from around the world gathered for a summit. of three days organized by the Italian community Sant'Egidio.
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The French head of state arrived in Rome on Sunday afternoon, where he will be received Monday morning by Pope Francis for a private audience at the Vatican, the third between the two men since the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017.
On Friday in Brussels, he again pleaded for Kiev and Moscow to return "
around the table
" when it will be "
acceptable
" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but above all "
as soon as possible
".
Emmanuel Macron has assumed since the start of the Ukrainian conflict in February to continue to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, unlike other Western leaders and in particular US President Joe Biden.
