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"Emmanuel Macron has said France, the UK, and other nations providing security
guarantees for Ukraine after any eventual ceasefire would not be aiming to
deploy a “mass” of soldiers, but instead could send contingents of several
thousand troops to key locations in Ukraine without needing Russia’s
permission.
The French president told regional French newspapers, including
Le Parisien
and
La Dépêche de Midi, that “several European countries, and indeed
non-European ones” had “expressed their willingness” to join a possible
deployment to Ukraine to secure a future peace agreement with Russia.
He said this could involve “a few thousand troops” from each state, deployed at
“key points” in Ukraine, to conduct training programmes and “show our long-term
support”.
Macron added in the interview on Saturday that the proposed contingents from
countries that were members of the Nato alliance would serve as “a guarantee of
security” for Ukraine and that “several European nations, and also
non-European, have expressed their willingness to join such an effort when it
is confirmed”.
He added: “Under no circumstances can the Ukrainians make territorial
concessions without having any security guarantees.”
Moscow has firmly opposed such a deployment, but Macron said Russia’s
permission was not needed. He said Ukraine was sovereign. “If Ukraine requests
allied forces to be on its territory, it is not up to Russia to accept or
reject them.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
