13:02 27.01.2023

French FM: With my visit to Ukraine, I convey support message personally from President of France, French people

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French FM: With my visit to Ukraine, I convey support message personally from President of France, French people

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna assured her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba of unwavering support, and said that with her fourth visit to Ukraine she wanted to convey this message personally from the President of France and the French people.

“My visit shows that France is close and supports Ukraine. Supports the territorial sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine. This is the message I brought here today. This is my fourth visit to Ukraine since last May. I wanted to convey this message personally from the President of France, and this the message from the French people to the people of Ukraine,” she said at a joint press conference with Kuleba in Odesa on Thursday.

Colonna stressed that for almost a year the Russian Federation has been conducting military aggression against Ukraine, violating all the basic principles of international law, committing atrocities and war crimes. According to her, in order to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people, the Russian Federation is hitting civilian objects and critical infrastructure.

“Today we visited the substation, which had more than one ‘arrival.’ And this morning once again. This is a sad illustration of the crimes of the Russian Federation, which it commits every day. Hitting infrastructure facilities is not to wage war, but to commit war crimes,” she said.

She also said that the military aggression of the Russian Federation threatens the security of the entire European continent. The French minister assured that France, together with European and other partners will support Ukraine so that it can restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“We provide Ukraine with everything necessary in the matter of military support, and for this we are in constant contact with the Ukrainian government. This applies to equipment, training, and full support,” the minister stressed.

She added that there is reason to believe that it was France's decision to transfer AMX-10 RC wheeled tanks to Ukraine that prompted other countries to provide tanks.

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