The US President discussed further aid for Ukraine with senior representatives of allies and partners. EU representatives are satisfied.
US President Joe Biden has convened a number of key representatives from allies and partners to coordinate further support for Ukraine. According to information from Washington, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a telephone conference with Biden.
EU Council President Charles Michel as well as the heads of state and government from Great Britain, Canada, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania and the French Foreign Minister were also present. The US government wanted to provide further details about the conversation at a later date.
Biden also spoke in the group about the budget dispute in the USA and the weekend’s developments, said the communications director of the National Security Council, John Kirby. Congress passed an interim budget on Saturday that does not provide for any further aid to Ukraine. The compromise averted an impending government shutdown at the last moment. Biden made it clear in the conversation that he was confident that the USA could keep its commitments to Ukraine and that there would continue to be bipartisan support for this.
Kirby also emphasized that the US Congress must act now so that support from the United States does not stop. Biden expects the chairman of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, to keep his “public promise” to secure the necessary support for Ukraine. The phone call with the leading representatives of the G7, NATO and the EU proved that the world is paying close attention to what is happening in the USA.
EU appears satisfied
It was a “good conversation” between the leading representatives of the EU, G7, NATO and the “Bucharest 9” format, said von der Leyen after the deliberations via the short message service X (formerly Twitter). The EU has proposed new financial aid amounting to 50 billion euros for reforms and investments. The aim is to deliver one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by March 2024.
The EU also wants to help solve crimes committed by Russia. Stoltenberg wrote on
Source: Stern
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