Some 50 European leaders are gathering in southern Spain’s Granada on Thursday to stress that they stand by Ukraine, at a time when Western resolve appears somewhat weakened.
A police officer stands guard in front of the Congress center in Granada, southern Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Almost all of Europe's leaders will gather Thursday in and around one of the most renowned havens of tranquility Spain's Alhambra Palace seeking to fix their increasingly turbulent and violent continent which is seeing war and political instability starting to unhinge nations and institutions.
The leaders will be able to deliver that message to Zelenskyy in person as he arrived in Granada early Thursday. He also attended the second EPC summit in Moldova earlier this year. Zelenskyy is expected to ask all the allies to come forward with more aid and military support. The EPC is an informal gathering so formal decisions are off the table, but the leaders want to use the format to push for better relations and seek to settle disputes, whether lingering or live.
to show backing for his government as it grapples with the humanitarian plight, and to try to lure Yerevan away from Moscow’s diplomatic grasp.
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