Emmanuel Macron, who has not ruled out "
in principle
" the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, will receive Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on Tuesday January 31 at the Elysée, the French presidency announced in a communicated.
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He will also meet the president of the Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, Rouslan Stefantchouk, who must speak before the National Assembly at 3 p.m., then Wednesday, February 1 before the senators.
Criteria
Emmanuel Macron will receive Oleksiy Reznikov "
at the end of the afternoon
", around 6:30 p.m., said the entourage of the head of state.
The purpose of this meeting is "
to reiterate its full support for Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion and to recall France's readiness to meet the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces
", the press release specifies.
French Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu is also due to meet his Ukrainian counterpart during the day.
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Asked Monday, January 30 in The Hague about a possible dispatch of combat planes to Kiev, Emmanuel Macron indicated that there were “
criteria
” before any decision: a “
request formulated
” by Ukraine, that it “not
be not escalatory
" and that "
it does not weaken the ability of the French army to protect its own soil
".
Paris set the same conditions for the possible dispatch of Leclerc tanks.
