“The American, French, German and British leaders are committed to continuing to support Ukraine in its efforts towards a just and lasting peace based on international law – including the UN Charter – as well as sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the leaders said in Berlin on Friday. After their meeting on the occasion of US President Biden’s lightning visit to Germany.
Joe Biden called on the West to continue supporting Ukraine against the Russian invasion, given the harsh winter.
Biden told reporters after holding closed-door talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a one-day visit to Berlin to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
In his announcement, Biden previously stated that he will discuss with Olaf Scholz the increase in military aid sent to Ukraine and the strengthening of the civilian energy infrastructure to pay for the unfreezing of frozen Russian assets, and the conflict in the Middle East will also be discussed.
Before his departure, Biden told reporters that there was no agreement on the transfer of long-range weapons to Ukraine, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pushing for months to be able to deliver deep strikes into Russian territory.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron joined Biden and Scholz on Friday afternoon. The main topic of the meeting was how to end the fighting as Russia advances in eastern Ukraine.
(MTI)
Source: www.portfolio.hu
