France, Nov. 14 -- The French presidency said the aim of the talks is to build on momentum created at last month's gathering of the Coalition of the Willing allies, led by France and the United Kingdom.

At the group's most recent meeting on 24 October, European partners said frozen Russian assets should be used quickly to back Ukraine financially.

The debate grew after European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that using this money to fund a new loan was the "most effective way" to finance Ukraine.

Von der Leyen's executive has proposed using Russian central bank assets immobilised in Belgium to generate a €140 billion "reparations loan" for Ukraine. She said Kyiv would repay the loan "if Russia pays reparations"...