Zelenskyy: Ukraine supports peacekeeping mission but not as replacement of NATO membership
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Thu, 02 Jan 2025 22:57:44 +0200
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that the deployment of European peacekeepers in Ukraine is possible, but Ukraines future membership in NATO should not be ruled out.
Source interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska on air with the 24/7 national joint newscast on 2 January, reported by European Pravda Details Zelenskyy said that Ukraine supported French President Emmanuel Macrons initiative to deploy a French contingent in Ukraine.
Quote from Zelenskyy But France alone is not enough.
We would not want it to be one or two countries if it came to this initiative.
It should definitely be on our path to NATO membership.
This does not mean that the deployment of European forces excludes our future in NATO. More details Zelenskyy noted that in addition to France, the idea of a contingent might be supported by the United Kingdom and some other countries that we agreed not to talk about out loud they are still worried about saying it in the media as they are afraid of Russias influence.
The President also mentioned that the idea of European peacekeepers was raised during his meeting with Macron and US Presidentelect Donald Trump.
I saw that Trump was positive about this idea.
But I raised the question that we had not yet heard which specific countries would be among these forces and whether the United States would participate, Zelenskyy added.
Background Earlier, Zelenskyy admitted that the idea of deploying a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine as a deterrent against a new Russian attack had been discussed at meetings in Brussels, and said he was already seeing positive things from some leaders.
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