Finnish President Alexander Stubb announced on Tuesday, September 2, that progress had been made on security guarantees for Ukraine, but added that a peace agreement must be reached before such measures could be implemented.
This was reported by Reuters, according to Ukrinform.
“We need to coordinate the security arrangements with the United States, which essentially will provide the backstop for this … We’re focusing on these issues with our chiefs of defence, which are drawing the concrete plans of what this type of operation might look like. We’re making progress on this, and hopefully we’ll get a solution soon,” Stubb stated.
At the same time, he added that he is not optimistic about the conclusion of a peace agreement or a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia in the near future.
Stubb was one of several European leaders who visited Washington in August for a joint meeting with Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the prospects for peace between Russia and Ukraine.
As reported by Ukrinform, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that as part of the security guarantees being discussed after the end of the war, European countries are preparing quite clear plans for the possible deployment of troops in Ukraine with the support of the United States.
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