France to Convene ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to Finalize Security Commitments to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris will host a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” in early January.
The Gaze informs about it, referring to Macron’s post on social media.
Macron said the decision followed a joint discussion involving several European leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and U.S. President Donald Trump, after which he also held a separate bilateral conversation with Zelenskyy.
According to the French leader, talks on security guarantees are progressing and are increasingly central to efforts to establish a durable post-war settlement.
“We are making progress on the security guarantees that will be central to building a just and lasting peace,” Macron said.
He stressed that the upcoming Paris meeting will focus on defining the specific contributions each participating country is prepared to make, transforming political commitments into an operational security architecture for Ukraine.
French officials have previously told European Pravda that the proposed guarantees are expected to rest on three core pillars.
The first rests on a strong Ukrainian military positioned on the forward defensive flank, supported by long-term assistance from the “Coalition of the Willing.” The second layer involves the presence of coalition forces in and around Ukraine as a strategic signal of support, with Western troops not engaged in combat or ceasefire monitoring and some units remaining outside the country, ready for redeployment if required. A third, backstop layer would rely on guarantees provided by key allies, including the U.S., in what French officials describe as a mechanism loosely comparable to NATO’s Article 5.
As The Gaze reported earlier, U.S. and Ukrainian leaders Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the media after meeting on December 28, offering brief remarks on the talks.
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