President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine "may consider" French President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to deploy Western troops on the country's territory as part of the security strategy. This proposal was made during a recent discussion of defense support for Ukraine at the international level.
In his opinion, this can become a decision before the acceptance of Ukraine into NATO, which Kyiv insists on. Zelenskyy intends to discuss Ukraine's invitation to the Alliance again soon with Biden.
"And we talked about the fact that even if there is such a pause while Ukraine is not in NATO, and even if we had an invitation and we were not in NATO, and there is such a pause, what will happen at this time? Who guarantees us some kind of security? And I will tell you frankly, we can think and work on Emmanuel's position. Do you remember that he proposed that some part of the troops of this or that country be present in some territories of Ukraine, which would guarantee our security while Ukraine is not in NATO? But before that, we should have a clear understanding of when Ukraine will be in the EU and when Ukraine will be in NATO," the President of Ukraine told reporters at a meeting with Mertz.
Zelensky also confirmed that he and Trump and Macron spoke "about the frozen conflict" and security guarantees.
"I said, we want the end of the war more than anyone in the world. And, of course, a diplomatic end to the war will save more lives. And we want that," the president said, but at the same time he said that security guarantees, which could be NATO membership, are needed.
We will remind that Moscow insists on Ukraine's neutrality and opposed the deployment of Western troops.
And Trump's team does not support Ukraine's invitation to NATO, the media wrote.
