Germany, France, Poland to discuss support for Ukraine in Paris meeting

Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Poland will meet in Paris on January 7 under the “Weimar Triangle” framework to discuss continued support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict, according to the German news agency.

Germany’s Johann Wadephul, France’s Jean-Noël Barrot and Poland’s Radosław Sikorski will lead the discussions, focusing primarily on Ukraine.

Later, India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is expected to join talks to explore ways to strengthen EU–India relations.

Sources indicate that officials will also address broader security and strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific region during the Paris meeting.

The U.S. joined a broad coalition of Ukraine’s allies on January 6 in pledging legally binding security guarantees to support Kyiv if Russia attacks again. The summit, held in Paris, brought together European leaders and U.S. envoys, including Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Europe’s top general, Alexus Grynkewich.

Witkoff said Trump “strongly stands behind security protocols,” adding, “Those security protocols are meant to ... deter any attacks, any further attacks in Ukraine, and ... if there are any attacks, they're meant to defend, and they will do both. They are as strong as anyone has ever seen.”

Kushner noted, “If Ukrainians were to make a final deal, they have to know that after a deal, they are secure, they have, obviously, a robust deterrence, and there's real backstops to make sure that this will not happen again.”

Coalition leaders also agreed to participate in a U.S.-led cease-fire monitoring mechanism, likely involving drones, sensors, and satellites, though without U.S. troops.

By Aghakazim Guliyev