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Diplomatic relations between France and Ukraine were established in 1992. Since 2006, Ukraine is an observer in the Francophonie. France is a member of the European Union, which Ukraine applied for in 2022. Both countries are full members of Council of Europe.
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On 16 June 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ukraine alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi. He met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and expressed "European Unity" for Ukraine. [1] [2] He said that the nations that remained neutral in the Russo-Ukrainian War made a historic mistake and were complicit in the new imperialism. [3]
In February 2024, during a meeting with other European states, Macron generated controversy by suggesting sending ground troops to Ukraine. [4] On 28 May 2024, Macron gave Ukraine permission to use SCALP EG missiles against targets on Russian soil. Such usage was instructed to be limited "to neutralize military sites from which missiles are being fired, military sites from which Ukraine is being attacked". [5]
In October 2024, France supported President Zelenskyy's Victory Plan for Ukraine. [6]
On 24 February 2025, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, Macron said that a truce between Ukraine and Russia could be agreed in the coming weeks. [7]
French President Jacques Chirac made a state visit to Ukraine in September 1998. [8]
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko paid a state visit to France on 26 June 2017, when he met with French President Emmanuel Macron. [9] Poroshenko also visited Senlis to meet the Ukrainian community of France and honor memory of Anne of Kiev — Queen of France. [10]
In the first six months of 2017 the trade between the countries grew by 15.2%. [11]