Europe 1 with AFP 7:10 p.m., October 23, 2022, modified at 7:10 p.m., October 23, 2022
At the opening of a summit for peace in Rome, the head of state Emmanuel Macron declared on Sunday that peace was "possible" in Ukraine when the Ukrainians "decide it".
"Peace will be built with the other, who is today's enemy, around a table," he said, in front of hundreds of political and religious leaders from around the world.
"Peace is possible" in Ukraine when the Ukrainians "decide it", declared Emmanuel Macron on Sunday at the opening of a peace summit in Rome.
"Let's not let peace today be somehow captured by the Russian power (...) A peace is possible, the only one they (the Ukrainians) will decide when they decide," he said. added during a speech at the opening of this summit organized by the Sant'Egidio community.
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Emmanuel Macron also justified Western support for kyiv "so that at some point the Ukrainian people can choose peace", "in the terms they have decided".
"Peace will be built with the other, who is today's enemy, around a table," he said, in front of hundreds of political and religious leaders from around the world gathered for a summit. of three days organized by the Italian community Sant'Egidio.
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