While the UK's Keir Starmer reaffirmed he’s ready to consider sending British forces on the Ukrainian ground alongside others, Germany's Olaf Scholz called the idea 'premature.'
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00:00Europe's leaders remain divided on the prospect of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine
00:07in the event of a peace deal with Russia.
00:11Some of them met for emergency talks in Paris after seemingly being excluded from the negotiations
00:16between the US, Russia and Ukraine.
00:19UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is ready to consider sending British troops.
00:25I'm prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others if there
00:32is a lasting peace agreement.
00:35But there must be a US backstop because a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively
00:45deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again.
00:49German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it is premature to consider the idea without Keefe's involvement.
00:55I am even a little irritated about these debates, I want to say this very openly.
01:00Here, the heads of Ukraine are talking about the result of peace talks that did not take
01:06place and in which Ukraine did not say yes and did not sit at the table, about possible
01:12variants of results.
01:14This is highly inappropriate, to say it very openly and honestly.
01:18We do not even know what the result will be.
01:22Other leaders, including Dutch Prime Minister Dijkshove, have not excluded the idea but
01:27not committed either.
01:29Shortly before the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with US President Donald
01:34Trump, but Macron's office would not disclose the details about the discussion.