Selenski chose slightly different words to be Conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron to describe. This entertainment is “substantial and long” been, he said. Among other things, it was about the next round of European sanctions against Russia and Ukraine’s plans for rapid accession to the European Union. According to the Élysée Palace, Macron promised that arms deliveries from France would continue and intensify. He also confirmed that Ukraine’s accession to the EU should be discussed in June.
There were irritations in German-Ukrainian relations in mid-April. The Ukrainian side refused a visit to Kyiv by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who they accused of once pursuing a pro-Russian policy as SPD foreign minister. Scholz then did not want to go to Kyiv. According to the governments, the tensions were resolved with clarifying talks in early May.