France’s President Emmanuel Macron will be meeting and hosting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris on November 17 to reaffirm France’s long-term support for Ukraine, Macron’s office said on Friday.

Zelenskyy’s visit will be his ninth trip to France since the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022.

‘Helping Ukraine’

Macron’s meeting with Zelenskyy will look to build on the momentum in terms of helping Ukraine following a meeting of Ukraine’s Coalition of the Willing allies last month, added Macron’s Elysee office.

France and Britain lead the Coalition of the Willing group of countries supporting Ukraine. At the group’s last meeting on October 24, Ukraine’s European allies said frozen Russian assets needed to be used quickly to fund support for Kyiv.

Macron and Zelensky

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