European leaders met in Paris to discuss a potential settlement to the war in Ukraine and what role the EU and allies could play. The meeting, called by French President Emmanuel Macron, comes as US and Russian officials intensify talks aimed at ending the conflict.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz after leaving an informal summit of European leaders in Paris. Photograph: Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty ImagesThe question of how European states might respond to a settlement ending the war in Ukraine was discussed at an emergency summit of a small group of leaders on Monday.
The crisis meeting in Paris came as Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov prepares to meet US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, for talks to work towards ending the Ukraine war. Foreign ministers from the 27 EU states are expected to discuss how the bloc can increase the military support it sends to Ukraine in the short term. Proposed new targets are expected to be brought to the table when ministers meet in Brussels next week, one diplomatic source said.
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