European forces, including Britain, France and Germany, have said they must be part of future negotiations regarding the fate of Ukraine, and only fair agreement with security guarantees will ensure lasting peace. It emphasizes that it emphasizes.
“Our shared goal is to place Ukraine in a position of strength. The seven European countries and the European Commission said in a joint statement after a meeting of foreign ministers in Paris.
“Ukraine should be provided with strong security guarantees. Ukraine's fair and lasting peace is a necessary condition for strong transatlantic security,” the statement said, and European powers are American allies. He added that he is looking forward to discussing the path.
The meeting comes after US President Donald Trump said he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the pair said they were ready to start negotiating a conclusion to the war in Ukraine soon.
Rapid development is concerned about Europe, and it appears that Putin and Trump are negotiating the future of the continent's security for the leaders of Europe themselves. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses is scheduled to meet dozens of NATO ministers in Brussels on Thursday after meeting with the Ukrainian Defence Ministers' Group in Brussels on Wednesday.
“There will be no fair and lasting peace in Ukraine without European participation,” French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barott said in a statement. Wednesday said at the Ministerial Meeting.
German Analena Beavoc and Spain's Jose Manuel Alvarez Bueno told the conference that the question could not be made “without Ukraine” and called on EU countries to show unity on the question. I did.
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Meanwhile, Polish Foreign Minister Radslau Sikorski said “continued cooperation with the US” was the topic of discussion at the meeting. “There is no better guarantee for our continent's security than transatlantic cooperation,” Sikorski said.
When asked whether European countries would be involved in peace negotiations, White House press office Caroline Leavitt said, “I don't have any European countries to read for you at the moment.”
The Paris conference, scheduled for a few weeks ago, outlines the bloc's defense strategy, how to strengthen Ukraine, plans for future peace talks, and the US administration when they meet at a security conference held in Munich this weekend. It is intended to discuss ways to approach consultations.
But that went off track after Hegses submitted a dull public statement from the Trump administration about his approach to a nearly three-year war between Ukraine and Russia during a meeting with Ukrainian international supporters in Brussels on Wednesday. did.
He said Ukraine's return to the pre-2014 border was unrealistic and the US has not seen Kyiv's NATO membership as part of the war's resolution. “Chalking this fantastical goal only prolongs the war and causes more suffering,” he said.
Hegseth's comments were followed by a call between Trump and Putin, and after that, Trump said their team agreed to start negotiations soon. The European powers were not aware of the call in advance and were surprised by the dullness of Hegses, the diplomat said.
Hegus, who ruled out Ukraine's NATO membership, said instead that peace must be secured by “competent and non-European forces.”
British or European troops deployed in Ukraine are not covered by part of the NATO mission or covered under Article 5 of the Alliance, Heggs added.
British Defense Secretary John Healy said he heard London was calling for Hegses to “speak to European countries.” We do. “The Times announced that Britain would spend £4.5 billion on military aid in Ukraine this year, he met with Hegses earlier in the day.
Earlier this week, Zelensky told the Guardian that Europe could not provide resilient security assurances to Kiev without US involvement. “Security guarantees without America are not real,” he said.
The deterrent of Ukraine-based multinationals after the ceasefire should be between 100,000 and 150,000 strength, Zelensky said, but that is far more than the occupied Russian troops of more than 600,000 Ukraine. It would be small, Zelensky said.
“Europe cannot protect this kind of power now,” a senior European diplomat told the Guardian. “But we cannot force the US [to commit troops]. So we have to accept this and understand what we can do. ”
Another senior European diplomat called the US position outlined by Hegustes' premature surrender and asked what he would be forced to negotiate. The person also said that being prepared to offer concessions from Ukraine would encourage Russia to demand more in future negotiations.
