Zelenskyy on foreign contingent: no one wants to drag other countries into the war
Kyiv • UNN
Zelenskyy announced the need for a foreign contingent to control the situation after the conclusion of a peace agreement with Russia. He emphasized the importance of monitoring and joint training.
A foreign contingent is needed, in particular, to control the situation in the event of a peace agreement. No one wants to drag other countries into the war. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with the leader of France Emmanuel Macron, reports UNN.
We expect new strong decisions from tomorrow's meeting. It is time to move on to substantive, operational filling of our discussion on security guarantees and the deployment of our partners' contingents in Ukraine. There are specific questions regarding the contingents, the participation of partners, which can be resolved and discussed tomorrow. Today, the President of France and I decided to instruct our military representatives to meet and work out some specific issues together with our partners
The President noted that it is important what a foreign military contingent can do.
Representatives of our General Staffs have been working all this time, communicating for several weeks about the contingent, in what format, what can be, what is the quantitative composition, etc. It is important what they can do and what they cannot do. This infrastructure is not very simple. There will be a large representation of many countries tomorrow. I think the most important question will be who is really ready to go for it. No one wants to drag this or that country into the war
He noted that the contingent is very important for control.
First of all, the contingent is in any case a combat force, but they are primarily to control the situation, monitor the situation, conduct joint training, and also prevent any desire of Russia to return with this or that wave of aggression
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Macron stated that one of the elements of tomorrow's discussion at the security summit will be aimed at a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine by the Russian Federation and its control, monitoring.
The new summit on "peace and security for Ukraine" is a continuation of the meetings held in Paris and London in recent weeks to establish "security guarantees" for Ukraine as part of a possible future peace agreement with Russia.
The new version should allow to "complete" the work on "short-term" military support for Ukraine, on a "sustainable and durable model of the Ukrainian army to prevent Russian invasions [in the future]" and on "security guarantees that European armies can provide", including through ground deployment on Ukrainian territory, the French president said last week.
According to a diplomatic source contacted by Agence France-Presse, more than twenty countries from the European Union and/or NATO, including Great Britain, Canada, Norway and Turkey, have been invited.
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron continues his reflections at the national level on strengthening defense efforts in France and in Europe in the face of the American desire for demarcation. For the third time in recent weeks, on Tuesday evening he will receive the head of government François Bayrou and several ministers for a working meeting on the additional military spending they consider necessary and their financing.
