Britain and France have each stated that they have been keen to send a peacekeeping force to watch any ceasefire in Ukraine. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated his nation was additionally open to requests.
“It doesn’t matter below what label NATO contingents have been to be deployed on Ukrainian territory: be it the European Union, NATO, or in a nationwide capability,” Grushko stated.
“If they seem there, it signifies that they’re deployed within the battle zone with all the results for these contingents as events to the battle.”
Grushko stated {that a} deployment of unarmed post-conflict observers might be mentioned solely as soon as a peace settlement is labored out.
“We will speak about unarmed observers, a civilian mission that will monitor the implementation of particular person points of this settlement, or assure mechanisms,” Grushko stated. “Within the meantime, it is simply sizzling air.”
French President Emmanuel Macron stated in remarks revealed on Sunday that the stationing of peacekeeping troops in Ukraine is a query for Kyiv to determine and never Moscow.
Grushko stated that European allies of Kyiv ought to perceive that solely the exclusion of Ukraine’s membership in NATO and the elimination of the potential for deploying international navy contingents on its territory will work for the area.
“Then the safety of Ukraine and the whole area in a broader sense shall be ensured since one of many root causes of the battle shall be eradicated,” Grushko stated.
