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E.U. leaders promise support for Ukraine

More than a century after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, E.U. leaders met for talks in the Palace of Versailles focused on ending another war in Europe.

E.U. leaders meeting in Versailles for a two-day European summit
E.U. leaders meeting in Versailles for a two-day European summit (AN/E.U. Council)

PARIS (AN) — More than a century after the 1919 Versailles treaty settled the post-World War I order, European Union leaders met for talks in the sumptuous Palace of Versailles focused on ending another European war that threatens to upend the continent.

Leaders originally called the two-day summit in Versailles, on the outskirts of Paris, for a discussion about the 27-nation bloc's economic model. Instead, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched exactly two weeks earlier, inevitably dominated their talks which ended Friday.

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