Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - A group of European leaders at a meeting in Paris on Monday expressed their readiness to give Ukraine security guarantees.
The leaders, however, warned that it would be dangerous to conclude a
ceasefire without a peace agreement at the same time.
“We are ready to provide security guarantees, with modalities to be
examined with each party, depending on the level of American support,” a
European Union official said.
Recall that the meeting was called by French President Emmanuel Macron
after UD President Donald Trump arranged bilateral peace talks with Russia,
excluding European allies and Ukraine from negotiations that are due to begin
in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
At the meeting were Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime
Minister Donald Tusk and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Other were Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Danish Prime Minister Mette
Frederiksen, NATO boss Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der
Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
The EU official said they agreed with President Trump on a peace through
strength approach.
“We believe it is dangerous to conclude a ceasefire without a peace
agreement at the same time,” the official added.
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