The meeting was arranged at short-notice by the French president and will be attended by officials from the US and Europe, including the UK
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, is hosting a short-notice conference in Paris designed to show that Europe and the US have the political resolve and the military means to defeat Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
Monday’s conference – to be attended by 20 European leaders including the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron – has, however, left some western powers questioning the value of another gathering unless Macron has specific proposals to boost ammunition production across Europe.
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