President Macron: Europeans are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that European countries are ready to grant Ukraine a guarantee of security in the event of peace. Macron talked about it at a meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski in Paris.

Macron said that the topic of the meeting of the Coalitions willing on Thursday in Paris will be the work carried out since the summit in Washington. The leaders of European and Zelanski countries met with US President Donald Trump. “This preparatory work has been completed,” said the French president.

He emphasized that European countries “are ready to guarantee security for Ukraine and Ukrainians on the day when peace is signed.” Macron assured that “such a level of commitment and intensity” was achieved for the first time.

– Now the question arises about (…) the honesty of Russia and its subsequent commitments, when she offered peace to the United States – said Macron.

Zielnski assessed that now there is no “signals from Russia, that she wants to end” war. He assured that “he strongly believes in the coalition of volunteers”, and emphasized that it currently gathers over 30 countries.

Macron and Zelanski met on the eve of talks of representatives of countries belonging to the so -called Coalitions of volunteers – ready to provide Ukraine with safety guarantees in the event of a weapon suspension. Macron announced that representatives of 35 countries belonging to the coalition will take part in the meeting. The Elysee Palace announced that the meeting would be organized in hybrid format, i.e. some interlocutors will participate through a video link.

The Elysee Palace announced on Wednesday that on Thursday participants of the meeting of “Coalitions of Volunteers” would talk by phone with US President Donald Trump.

From Paris Anna Wróbel (PAP)

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