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Macron says path for Ukraine accession to NATO is 'open', as Biden wraps up Vilnius summit

G7 members from left, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron, United States President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stand with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center right, as they address a media conference during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, 12 July, 2023. AP - Pavel Golovkin

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for sustained international military support for Ukraine as Russia show signs of "weakness and division", as US President Joe Biden concluded a NATO summit denouncing Russia's PresidentPutin as "craven".

As the two-day NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius drew to a close on Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron underlined the path for Ukraine to join NATO is “open,” even though alliance members stopped short of offering a clear timetable or plan for the country's membership earlier in the week.

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