Macron to visit Kyiv this year
25 August 2021
President of France Emmanuel Macron is planning to
visit Kyiv. The announcement was made at an Aug. 24 press conference with
Ukrainian and French foreign ministers Dmytro Kuleba and Jean-Yves Le Drian,
pravda.com.ua reported on the same day. Le Drian stated that the French government’s
intention was for the visit to occur before the end of 2021.
James Hydzik: With German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrapping up her tenure, Macron,
who has been in power since 2017, will play a stabilizing role in EU diplomacy
while the new chancellor gets up to speed. That will be especially important
regarding Ukraine and the multilateral efforts involving the EU in Donbas.
