2024-02-28 10:05:00
This is how the leaders responded to Macron’s statements that France does not rule out deploying Western troops in Ukraine
Following a meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron said sending Western troops to Ukraine “cannot be ruled out.”
His comments have provoked a swift reaction from several leaders, with a clear message: that will not happen.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that conflict with Russia would be inevitable if Western nations sent troops to Ukraine.
This is what other countries said:
I’LL TAKE: A NATO official told CNN there are “no plans” to deploy combat troops to Ukraine. He said that together with his allies they are already providing “unprecedented military support” to the country, and that they will continue to support the European nation as he has done until now.
Germany: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the nations agreed at the meeting that “there will be no ground troops or soldiers on Ukrainian soil sent there by European countries or NATO states.”
Slovakia: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned on Monday that Western states’ proposal to send troops to Ukraine would lead to a “significant escalation of tensions.” Fico said his government “will never agree to send Slovak troops to the war in Ukraine.”
Poland: Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the country was “not considering sending our soldiers to Ukraine” but said it must help Ukraine defend itself once morest the Russian invasion, according to the Polish Press Agency (PAP).
Hungary: Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Hungary was not willing to send weapons or soldiers to Ukraine. “The war must end, not deepen or widen,” he said in a Facebook post.
United Kingdom: The country has no plans to deploy troops to Ukraine, a spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
Italia: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office stressed that there has been “full cohesion” among the allies on “support” for Ukraine, but “this support does not contemplate the presence” of European or NATO troops on Ukrainian territory.
Spain: Expressing the Spanish government’s disagreement with Macron, spokesperson Pilar Alegría said Spain would prefer to focus on the need to “accelerate the delivery of material” to Ukraine.
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