President Emmanuel Macron mentioned in an interview with Paris Match on Monday that he’ll host Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in France on May 9 to signal a “friendship treaty.”
Poland is a staunch ally of neighbouring Ukraine and has warned in current months that Moscow may search to intrude with its May 18 presidential election by means of cyberattacks and disinformation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a truce with Ukraine on May 8-10 to coincide with Moscow’s World War II commemorations, drawing ire from Ukraine, which demanded Moscow pause hostilities instantly.
“I will welcome the Polish prime minister to Nancy on May 9 to sign a friendship treaty, which is a historic first between Poland and France,” mentioned Macron, referring to a metropolis in jap France.
The signing of the treaty on May 9 will coincide with Putin presiding over a large parade in Moscow on the identical day, as Russia marks victory in World War II.
The French president additionally introduced Germany’s incoming chief Friedrich Merz would make his first go to as chancellor to Paris on May 7.
Merz pledged a spirited protection of Ukraine and of democratic values as he named his new cupboard on Monday, lower than every week earlier than he’s set to take energy in Europe’s prime economic system.
European unity is “under threat” from Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, mentioned Merz, including the greater than three-year-old conflict in Ukraine “is directed against the entire political order of the European continent.”
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