
French President seeks energy truce to prevent global fuel price spikes following discussions with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has led to reciprocal strikes on energy infrastructure, impacting global fuel prices. Donald Trump has publicly pressured Ukraine to cease targeting Russian oil refineries.
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a moratorium on energy sector strikes between Ukraine and Russia on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Monday.
Following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, the French president said on X they had discussed pooling efforts “to secure a moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure.”
Macron also discussed “the prospect of an energy truce” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later on Monday evening.
The French president’s push for an energy truce comes amid increased pressure from Trump on Zelenskyy to halt Kyiv’s targeting of Russia's energy sector.
“Mr Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said on Sep. 13. “The world’s diesel price rise is mostly caused by the Russia/Ukraine War, not Iran,” he wrote a day later on social media.
Despite Trump's calls, Ukraine continued targeting Russian energy infrastructure, sparking a fire overnight on Tuesday at a major refinery in Samara, southwestern Russia. The Ukrainian Armed Forces said their strikes on Russian oil plants since June have destroyed almost half of the country's refining capacity. Moscow has also frequently caused blackouts through strikes on Ukraine's energy sector.
Zelenskyy on Monday indicated Kyiv's interest in a mutual "de-escalation" on energy and critical infrastructure. He will meet with Trump in New York at 1:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday (7:15 p.m. CET).
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