BRUSSELS. March 28 (Interfax) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has named "three key takeaways" of the Paris summit on the Ukraine conflict resolution and Ukraine's security guarantees held on Thursday.
Firstly, "the military needs that are there in Ukraine that have to be fulfilled, but also the financial needs," von der Leyen said.
"We will frontload the EU part of the G7 loans for Ukraine," she said.
Secondly, pressure on Russia will be continued, von der Leyen said. "It was very clear that the sanctions stay in place. What we want is a just and lasting peace agreement," she said.
"And the third key takeaway was on the long-term support for Ukraine and our own European defense posture. And here of course the Readiness 2030 plan is crucial. It provides up to 800 billion euros of defense investment possibilities for the member states. And this means for example joint procurement with Ukraine in the European Union, but also in the Ukrainian defense industry. It is strengthening the defense-industrial base of Ukraine," von der Leyen said.
"And of course we need also a credible deterrence and defense posture in the European Union. And thus, we have to develop our own defense-industrial base," she said.
A summit of the coalition of the willing was convened at the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron and gathered about 30 countries to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine after the assumed end of the conflict. The possible deployment of an international peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine was discussed.