President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine is feasible however shouldn’t preclude Ukraine’s future membership of NATO.
Supply: an interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska on the 24/7 nationwide joint newscast on 2 January, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine supported French President Emmanuel Macron's initiative to deploy a French contingent in Ukraine.
Quote from Zelenskyy: "However France alone is just not sufficient. We’d not need it to be one or two nations if it got here to this initiative. It ought to undoubtedly be on our path to NATO membership. This doesn’t imply that the deployment of European forces precludes our future in NATO."
Extra particulars: Zelenskyy famous that along with France, the thought of a contingent is perhaps supported by the UK "and another nations that we agreed to not speak about it out loud with… they’re frightened about asserting it within the media now as they’re afraid of Russia's affect."
The president additionally talked about that the thought of European peacekeepers was raised throughout his assembly with Macron and US President-elect Donald Trump.
"I noticed that Trump was constructive about this concept. However I raised the problem that we now have not but heard which particular nations can be amongst these forces, and whether or not the US can be certainly one of them," Zelenskyy added.
Background:
- Earlier, Zelenskyy admitted that the thought of deploying a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine as a deterrent in opposition to a brand new Russian assault had been mentioned at conferences in Brussels, and stated he was already "seeing constructive issues" from some leaders.
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