France Drums Up Baltic Support for Ukraine After Troops Backlash
- Baltic countries back Macron’s call for troops in Ukraine
- Macron’s comments irked some allies including Germany, the US
From left, Krisjanis Karins, Margus Tsahkna, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Stephane Sejourne and Dmytro Kuleba at a joint press conference after a meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 8.
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France received a show of support from Baltic countries and Ukraine after President Emmanuel Macron irked other allies when he left the door open to sending troops to Ukraine.
Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis, Estonia’s Margus Tsahkna, Latvia’s Krisjanis Karins and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba praised Macron’s “outside of the box” approach during a joint press conference, after Paris convened a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in Vilnius on Friday.