European leaders gathered on Monday in Paris for a hastily organized meeting to discuss how to respond to the recent diplomatic steps Ukraine. The leaders of Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain and the EU were among those who visited.
Negotiations were organized after US Secretary of Defense Proclaimed Pete Hegset US will pass its security priorities from Europe and President Trump said US will be engaged Unilateral talks with Russia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
On the eve of the meeting, UK Prime Minister Kire Starmer said for the first time that the UK could accommodate troops in Ukraine to help ensure peace. He said he emphasized other European leaders that “we must show that we are really serious about our own protection and carry our own burden.”
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“We encountered the moment in the collective security generation of our continent,” Starmer said at the British Telegraph weekend. “This is not only a matter of Ukraine's future – it is existential for Europe as a whole.”
He said the UK was ready to “play a leading role in accelerating security guarantees for Ukraine”, including more military support and, if necessary, put British troops on land as part of peacekeeping forces.
“I'm not saying it's slightly. I feel very deeply responsible that the British country can potentially put,” Starmer said, adding that “US support will remain critical and the US safety guarantee is important for lasting peace.”
“The end of this war, when it comes, can not just become a temporary pause before Putin attacks again,” said Starmer.
On Monday, the British official confirmed CBS News that the Prime Minister would visit Washington at the end of next week, where he will become the first European leader to meet the president because Mr. Trump returned to the White House.
Sweden also showed readiness on Monday to deploy forces to Ukraine to retain peace, with the country's foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard emphasizes the need to “agree on a fair and sustainable world that respects international law that respects Ukraine and Ukraine and this It guarantees first of all that Russia cannot simply respond and overload and attack Ukraine or other country for several years. ”
“If we have such a world, it will need to be supported, and for this our government does not rule out anything,” said Stenergard, French news agency AFP reports.
While other European states refused to make obvious obligations, calling on the discussion on the placement of peacekeepers in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk excluded the departure of Polish troops to the neighboring nation.
On the eve of the meeting in France, Tusk emphasized that European states should spend more on defense immediately.
“If we, Europeans, now do not spend on defense, we will be forced to spend 10 times more if we do not prevent a wider war,” Tusk said on social media.