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"Our determination has not changed, and we are ready to maintain this effort for the long term" says French president Emmanuel Macron in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. (COMPLETES VIDI32GY6DA_EN AND VIDI32GY4ZY_EN) SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron urges the international community that "there can be no weakness, no spirit of compromise" facing Russia in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. "It's a matter of our freedom, for everyone, and of peace everywhere around the world," Macron added. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled his vision for modernising the military in his nuclear-armed country on Friday, saying 413 billion euros ($446 billion) would be assigned to the army in 2024-2030 – up from 295 billion euros in the previous budget.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Pope Francis held nearly an hour of private talks on Monday, with the crisis in Ukraine and prospects for peace there expected to have been their main topic of discussion. The Vatican said their private talks lasted 55 minutes. Both sides were expected to issue statements later. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta reports from Rome, Italy.
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy rode into Kyiv on an overnight train on Thursday in a joint demonstration of support for Ukraine, where officials were pleading for more and faster deliveries of Western arms to hold off Russia's assault. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Angela Diffley tells us more.
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