Zelenskyy to make surprise visit to Paris for talks with French President Macron

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, talks to the crowd after the award ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Zelenskyy is in Aachen to receive the International Charlemagne Prize, awarded to him and the people of Ukraine and is surrounded by, front from left, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Roberta Metsola, President of the EU Parliament. (Federico Gambarini/DPA via AP, Pool) (Federico Gambarini, (c) dpa-Pool)

PARIS – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of additional military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces

Macron’s office announced the Paris leg of Zelenskyy’s trip, and France dispatched a plane to pick up Zelenskyy in Germany, where he met Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier Sunday.

Macron’s office said the two leaders will hold talks over dinner and that Macron will “reaffirm France and Europe’s unwavering support to reestablish Ukraine in its legitimate rights and to defend its fundamental interests.”

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