France and the EU will support Ukraine “over the long term”, Paris reminds China
France and the European Union are determined to support Ukraine “over time” and “in all areas”, Paris reaffirmed Tuesday to a Chinese envoy, sent by Beijing to Europe to discuss a political settlement of the conflict. Russian-Ukrainian.
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its director general for political and security affairs Frédéric Mondoloni, underlined “the full responsibility of Russia in the outbreak and continuation of the war”, during a meeting with the special envoy Chinese Li Hui in charge of the Ukrainian file, according to a press release from Paris.
According to this text, France, while welcoming “the resumption of dialogue between China and Ukraine”, recalled that Kiev was “exercising its right of self-defence” and underlined that it and the EU were ” determined to support (Ukraine) over the long term, in all areas”.
Li Hui, a former Chinese ambador to Moscow, has been touring Europe for a week to discuss the “political settlement” of the conflict in Ukraine.
