The response of the NATO chief after Moscow transmitted that he rejects the idea of Western troops in Ukraine: “Why are we interested? Don't Russia decide”
NATO chief Mark Rutte. Photo source: Toby Melville / AP / Profimedia
It is not Russia who has to “decide” whether or not the West can send troops to Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday, according to AFP.
“Why interest us what Russia thinks about the troops in Ukraine? (…) They are not the ones who decide,” said Mark Rutte during a security conference in Prague.
Russia warned on Thursday that it will refuse to discuss any “foreign intervention” in Ukraine, “regardless of its form”, while some Europeans were ready to send troops in a conflict regulation.
The head of NATO, Mark Rutte, participated on Thursday through the video conference at the Paris meeting of the “Volunteer Coalition”, consisting of 31 countries, mainly European, ready to guarantee the security of Ukraine after the end of the fights, including by sending troops.
At the end of the summit, the Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron announced that 26 states have committed to offer “different formats” security guarantees. In the next period, the respective states will coordinate their efforts to help Kiev.
Ukraine obtains extensive support for security guarantees, including from US / 26 countries “present on the ground, sea or in the air”
Russia rejects the idea of foreign bands to maintain peace to ensure an agreement to cease its peace in Ukraine, Maria Zaharova, quoted by the Russian press agencies, said on Thursday.
“Russia does not intend to discuss foreign intervention in Ukraine, which is fundamentally unacceptable and undermines all security, in any form or format,” said Zaharova.
The replica of the Russian MAE spokesman came from the announcement of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, that Europe elaborates “quite accurate plans” for a multinational troops in Ukraine, as part of post-conflict security guarantees.
Moscow has already rejected any peace forces related to NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, calling it “foreign military intervention”.
Foreign troops to maintain peace in Ukraine are “unacceptable”, announces the spokesman of the MAE Russian
