Zelenskyy announces Coalition of the Willing meeting: planned for 6 January
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing at adviser level is scheduled to take place in Ukraine on 3 January, with a leaders' meeting in France planned for 6 January.
Source: Zelenskyy on social media
Quote: "Rustem Umierov has just reported on the arrangement that was reached with the national security advisers of the Coalition of the Willing countries to hold a meeting in the near future.
We are planning it for 3 January in Ukraine.
Shortly after that, discussions will take place at the leaders' level – the meetings are necessary. We are planning them for 6 January in France."
Details: Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude to the team of US President Donald Trump for their "readiness to participate in all effective formats".
He said that US and Ukrainian teams had communicated on 30 December.
The president also discussed further steps and negotiating priorities with Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.
Background:
- French President Emmanuel Macron has said that a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing will be held in Paris in early January, where countries plan to finalise the specific contributions of each state to the system of security guarantees for Ukraine.
- Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said that peace in Ukraine is already on the horizon and could be achieved within weeks.
- He also stated that, as part of security guarantees for Ukraine following a peace agreement, the US had agreed to deploy its troops to the Russian-Ukrainian border or the line of contact.
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