Italy hopes that Macron's plan for peacekeepers in Ukraine will not be needed
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Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:09:34 +0200
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has expressed hope that the plan proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron to deploy European forces in Ukraine will not be necessary.
Source a statement by Tajani, quoted by the press service for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Details Commenting on Italys official position on Macrons plan, Tajani said that they hoped that what Macron was proposing would not be needed.
Because like Zelenskyy himself we think that the war may end within the year.
We have other fronts open and we need to work for a just peace treaty...
which respects Ukraines position, the Italian foreign minister said.
He also ruled out sending Italian troops to Ukraine as part of either a European or NATO mission.
A different thing would be a UN mission that could act as an interposition force once peace has been achieved, Tajani added.
Background According to The Telegraph, the United Kingdom and France have prepared a plan to deploy up to 30,000 European troops in Ukraine.
Macron has previously stressed that the conditions for ending the RussoUkrainian war cannot be such that they would mean Ukraines de facto surrender and that a lasting peace is necessary for the security of the entire European continent.
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