War in Ukraine: “There is a prospect of peace”, according to Emmanuel Macron – The HuffPost

LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP “There is a prospect of peace” in Ukraine, assured Emmanuel Macron on Sunday October 23. (Photo: Emmanuel Macron during the international peace summit “The Cry of Peace”, organized by the Italian Catholic community of Sant’Egidio, in Rome, October 23, 2022.) LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP “There is a perspective of peace” in Ukraine, assured Emmanuel Macron on Sunday October 23. (Photo: Emmanuel Macron during the international peace summit “The Cry of Peace”, organized by the Italian Catholic community of Sant’Egidio, in Rome, on October 23, 2022.) WAR IN UKRAINE – Ukraine is master of his destiny. “A peace is possible” when the Ukrainians “decide it”, declared Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a speech at the opening of a summit for peace in Rome this Sunday, October 23. He also felt that peace should not be “somehow captured by Russian power”. “Nothing justifies this war, legitimizes it or explains it”, Emmanuel Macron declared again, about the Russian invasion in Ukraine, considering that “Russian power has fed on the dislocation of the Empire Soviet” to wage this war “which is only an imperialist project. You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices. Macron pleads for discussions between kyiv and Moscow “Peace will be built with the other, who is today’s enemy, around a table”, he hammered in front of hundreds of political leaders and religious from all over the world gathered for a three-day summit organized by the Italian community of Sant’Egidio. Macron has assumed since the start of the Ukrainian conflict in February to continue to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, unlike other Western leaders and in particular US President Joe Biden. He again pleaded, on Friday in Brussels, for kyiv and Moscow to return “around the table” when it will be “acceptable” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and “as soon as possible”. The head of state arrived in Rome on Sunday afternoon, where he will be received by Pope Francis on Monday morning for a private audience at the Vatican, the third between the two men since the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017. see also on The HuffPost: You cannot view this content because you have refused the cookies associated with content from third parties. If you want to view this content, you can change your choices.