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- Emmanuel Macron says 26 nations will provide Ukraine with post-war security guarantees across land, sea and air.
- US contributions to the guarantees would be finalised in the coming days, Macron said.
- France and the UK were open to troop deployments, while Italy indicated training and ceasefire monitoring roles.
“The day the conflict stops, the security guarantees will be deployed,” Macron told a press conference at the Élysée Palace in Paris, standing alongside Zelenskyy.
He did not say how many troops would be involved in the guarantees.
‘Very specific substance’
Germany and other countries pledged they would be involved in that effort. However, Germany said it would decide on a military commitment only when conditions were clear, including the extent of US involvement in security guarantees.
“Twenty-six countries agreed to provide security guarantees. Today, for the first time in a long time, this is the first such serious, very specific substance.”
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Macron said the coalition and the US had agreed to work more closely on future sanctions, notably on Russia’s oil and gas sector, as well as on China.
