French president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced the next shipment of ato Franco-British military mission to Ukraine to evaluate ‘in situ’ the possibilities of displaying a peace force In the country.This initiative is part of European efforts to guarantee security and stability in the region.
This military mission will also study with Ukrainian responsible for the design of future armed forces of that country, Macron added at a press conference after the summit that brought together 31 countries that wish to participate in security guarantees to Ukraine.
Voices against
French president, Emmanuel Macron, found that “There is no unanimity” among the 31 countries gathered today in Paris when participating in an eventual peace force in Ukraine.
Countries “do not have the capacity” and others do not have internal political consensusMacron explained at a press conference, in which he assured that unanimity is not necessary and that finally “there will be a peace force” sent by “several European countries”, without specifying which.
Germany and Estonia support the proposal
Germany and Estonia stood out this Thursday LThe need to raise in the future the possible presence of European or allied peace troops in Ukraine Once a fire or peace agreement has been reached, for which it will be necessary to previously clarify issues such as your number and mandate.
“There are two things that I have very clear. The first one is, as I said before, that I do not usually put anything on the table or outside it before the negotiations begin,” said German defense minister German, Boris Pistorius, to point out that talking about possible peace troops before a high fire agreement is still precipitated. Second, he highlighted – during a panel on security and defense of the conference ‘Europe 2025’, organized by the media ‘Die Zeit’, ‘Handelsblatt’, ‘Tagespiegel’ and ‘Wirtschafttswoche’– Germany is NATO’s greatest ally in Europe And the largest European economy, so he could not imagine a situation in which his country did not participate in the outcome of the negotiation for a high fire or even peace.
The Estonian Defense head, Hanno Pevkur, highlighted the need to talk about the possible presence in the future of European peace troops in Ukraine and the type of troops and his mandate, while warned of the weakening that can be supposed in other flanks the sending of peace forces to the invaded country. “One thing that we must take into account when we send the troops there (…), is that, in the first place, we cannot endanger the security of the eastern flank”, where a new pressure and redistribution of the Russian troops is foreseeable, he predicted.
