Address by the President of Ukraine:

"Today I met with the Mayor of Paris, Mrs. Anne Hidalgo. I had the honor to present her with a special award of Ukraine for the capital of France, the award of the rescuer city.

Paris has become one of the biggest centers of power for Ukraine in Europe - in every sense.

I would like to especially note the help in protecting our energy sector. It was in the capital of France that a conference of the so-called "Energy Ramstein" format was held. Paris has accumulated significant support for Ukraine with energy equipment, provides social and humanitarian support.

I thank all French people, all Parisians, French President Macron for constant attention to Ukraine, for leadership. And I especially want to note the absolutely principled position - and so congruent with Ukrainian - of the Mayor of Paris regarding the protection of the Olympic Movement from Russian ideologization and propaganda.

It is obvious that a terrorist state will do everything to justify itself through sports or to use the international Olympic Movement to support its aggression.

That is why it is important that, as long as the aggression continues, the Russian state does not have any access to sports, Olympic venues. In particular, to the Paris venue – it is this city that will host the 2024 Olympics.

Today, the Mayor of Paris once again confirmed that she sees no place for representatives of the aggressor state in Paris as long as the aggression continues. This is a clear and important signal, thank you for it.

It would be great if exactly such signals were heard in the International Olympic Committee, where, unfortunately, the personal benefit of individual bureaucrats dominates the Olympic principles."

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