At the meeting convened by US President Joe Biden for Tuesday (19th) between the leaders of the allied countries of Ukraine, modalities of security guarantees that could be offered to the Eastern European country after the end of the war were discussed.
The video conference, attended by leaders from the US, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, lasted more than an hour and showed a unanimous determination “to help Ukraine in any way we can militarily, politically or economically.” support”. according to sources from the Élysée Palace.
Security guarantees for Ukraine “need to be very clear” and also “robust” in order for the overall peace deal that can be reached to be “credible,” they added.
The representatives of the countries said that one option under consideration is to offer Ukraine a mechanism of territorial guarantees similar to that of the European Union treaties and very different from the mutual security system of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
It also stipulated the investigation of new sanctions against Russia in case the country sticks to them War that began on February 24th. According to the countries at the meeting, it is “necessary” to convince the world that this crisis does not only affect the West, but “poses a threat to world peace and security”.
Throughout the meeting, it was also emphasized that it is expected that Russian troops will retreat to the starting points at the end of the war, and that the countries will continue to refuse to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the independence of the selfproclaimed rebel republics in the Donbass region .
“We will not condone territorial greed through violence,” the Elisha sources stressed.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also attended the meeting; the President of the European Council, Charles Michel; and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.