The details remain \u201cextremely confidential,\u201d the French president has said<\/p>\n
A number of European countries are prepared to offer security guarantees to Ukraine once a peace deal between Kiev and Moscow is signed, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
\nHe made the comments after months of debate within NATO about possible models for post-conflict Ukraine, which have coincided with US President Donald Trump\u2019s renewed efforts to mediate a deal\u00a0with Russia.
\n\u201cWe Europeans are ready to offer security guarantees to Ukraine and its people on the day a peace deal is signed,\u201d Macron said following a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Paris on Wednesday.
\n\u201cThe contributions prepared, documented, and confirmed this afternoon at the level of defense ministers, in an extremely confidential manner, allow me to state that the preparatory work is complete,\u201d he added, without specifying the details.
\n\u201cWe are ready for a robust peace and a lasting peace for Ukraine and for Europeans,\u201d Macron said.<\/p>\n
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Zelensky expressed confidence that \u201cfirm security guarantees\u201d would be agreed upon during the meeting of Ukraine\u2019s backers, known as the Coalition of the Willing, on Thursday.
\nKiev has been pressing the West to provide guarantees that could serve as a substitute for NATO\u2019s collective defense after the US effectively blocked Ukraine\u2019s bid to join the bloc.
\nSeveral European nations, including France and the UK, have voiced their readiness to deploy peacekeepers, while Germany recently said it has no such plans. Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine.
\nRussia has repeatedly warned that it would not tolerate NATO countries\u2019 soldiers on Ukrainian soil, even under the guise of a peacekeeping force. President Vladimir Putin has listed an end to Western military aid to Kiev as one of the conditions for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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