Zelensky suggested the deployment of European troops in Ukraine before joining NATO
Currently, it is important to strengthen Ukraine, the president believes.
Ukraine is ready to consider the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron to deploy foreign troops on the territory of Ukraine before joining NATO.
This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at the start of negotiations with the leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Mertz in Kyiv, the Telegram channel of the Head of State reports.
Zelensky recalled that during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and US President-elect Donald Trump in Paris, he asked them what security guarantees Ukraine would have until it became a member of NATO.
“If there is a pause while Ukraine is not in NATO, and even if we had an invitation, and we were not in NATO, and there is a pause, then who will guarantee us some kind of security? We can think and work on Emmanuel's position…