Germany was absent from this conference.

Against the background of the changed US policy towards Kiev, 20 European countries and Canada have announced that they will continue to help Ukraine, which has been repelling Russian military aggression for almost three years. "We support Ukraine and will fulfill all our responsibilities to ensure peace and security in Europe," French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, February 19, at the end of an informal summit in Paris, which was attended by the heads of state and government of Lithuania, Finland, Cyprus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada via video link. Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Besides Macron, Acting Romanian President Ilie Bolojan and Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden personally attended the meeting. dw.com.

Emmanuel Macron stressed that Ukraine should always participate in efforts to achieve peace and that its rights should be respected. In addition, he said, it is necessary to take into account the concerns of European countries in the field of security. Peace must be sustainable and accompanied by reliable and trustworthy guarantees, the French president stressed.