France, Turkey, Greece working on ‘humanitarian operation’ for Mariupol evacuations: Macron

BRUSSELS, 26 March 2022, (TON): President Emmanuel Macron said “France was working with Turkey and Greece on a humanitarian operation to evacuate people from the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol under attack by Russian forces.”

Macron said after an EU summit in Brussels “we are going to work with Turkey and Greece to launch a humanitarian operation to evacuate all those who wish to leave Mariupol.”

He said “I will have a new discussion with (Russian) President Vladimir Putin within the next 48 to 72 hours to work out the details and secure the modalities.”

The French leader said “he hoped to be able to involve the maximum number of stakeholders in this operation.”

He said that he wanted to be in a position to conduct the evacuation in the next few days.

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