Before his trip to the NATO crisis summit in Brussels US President Joe Biden with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday and other European allies on the Ukraine war. France also took part in the switching conference President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson part. The conversation lasted almost an hour, according to the White House. The heads of state and government discussed their “serious concerns about Russia’s brutal actions in Ukraine”. This also included attacks on the civilian population.
According to the White House, the allies agreed that they would continue to provide military aid to “the brave Ukrainians who are defending their country against Russian aggression”. More humanitarian aid is to be provided for the more than three million people who have fled the violence. They are also a topic “recent diplomatic efforts in support of Ukraine’s ceasefire efforts” been.
Biden travels to Brussels on Wednesday. There he accepts on Thursday Summit meeting of NATO, the EU and the group of leading democratic economic powers (G7) part. On Friday, the US President flies to Poland. In Warsaw is on for Saturday Meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda planned.