“I turned to France as a country chairing the EU Council for macro-financial support,” Zelensky wrote on his Twitter account.
He also thanked Macron for the decision to provide Ukraine with individual defense equipment and demining systems.
As a follow-up to the dialogue with @EmmanuelMacron.
Thanked for the decision to provide individual defense equipment & demining systems to 🇺🇦.
Urged 🇫🇷 as the country presiding the 🇪🇺 Council to provide macro-financial support.
Appreciate 🇫🇷 for staying with 🇺🇦 in hard times.
— Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) February 23, 2022
Earlier, Zelensky announced the intention of the French authorities to allocate €1.2 billion in financial support.
On February 1, the European Commission approved the allocation of a loan of €1.2 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that in recent months Ukraine has received about $1.5 billion in support from Western partners.