Macron separates Druzhba pipeline issue and EUR 90 bln loan, aims to resolve both
French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of transparency and the need to resolve both the restoration of Druzhba oil pipeline and the implementation of commitments to provide EUR 90 billion in loans to Ukraine.
"First of all, everything must be transparent. What we hear from the European Commission is positive… there must be transparency, speed and restoration. But that is one issue. The decision on the EUR 90 billion loan was made… we must honor our commitments. This is exactly what we will work on in the coming days and weeks," Macron said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris.
Macron said he views the two issues separately: Druzhba pipeline and the unblocking of the loan for Ukraine.
"I separate these two issues, and I firmly want to resolve both of them. We must keep our word regarding the EUR 90 billion loan under the conditions agreed in December, while Druzhba must be restored, and all of this must be done with full transparency,” Macron said.
