Duda openly supported Ukraine’s accession to NATO, Scholz and Macron were more cautious - Tagesschau
At the meeting of the heads of state and government of Poland, France, and Germany, President Andrzej Duda called for Ukraine to join NATO, the leaders of France and Germany preferred to talk about security guarantees.
This is stated in the Tagesschau publication, Censor.NET reports with reference to European Pravda.
Polish President Andrzej Duda appealed to NATO member states to include Ukraine in the transatlantic defense alliance as soon as possible: "Ukraine is waiting for a clear signal, a clear prospect of joining."
Duda expressed hope that the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius in mid-July will bring the "light at the end of the tunnel" that Ukraine so longs for.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz were more cautious.
Scholz assured that they want to continue closely coordinating the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine. According to Scholz, Germany, and France, as well as American allies, have repeatedly sought dialogue to prepare for such a step.
"We will continue to do it very intensively," he said.
It is clear that security guarantees are needed "in a very specific form", Scholz added.
The French president said that at the next meeting of the European Council, as well as at the NATO summit in Vilnius, "what the future of collective security can look like" will be discussed.
Macron and Scholz assured that they want to support Ukraine as long as it is necessary, and NATO will provide Ukraine with all the support "to which it is entitled."
Scholz emphasized that the German government is currently doing everything possible to ensure the production of ammunition in Europe, as well as to maintain and keep in working order the weapons supplied by Germany.
