A coalition of European nations, led by France and the UK, alongside the United States, has signed a declaration of intent to provide comprehensive security guarantees and support for Ukraine's defense and reconstruction, aiming to establish a lasting peace.
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Declaration of Inter between the French
Republic, the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine
relating to the deployment of
multinational forces in support of the
defense, reconstruction and strategic
sustainability of Ukraine. Signary for
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. Sir Karma, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. Signary
for the French Republic. Mr. Emanuel
Mos, President of the French Republic, signatur
Chancellor,
countries that make up the coalition of
we've had since
And here
all the work done in recent we have
consolidated our approach. Firstly,
leadership
said they were willing
that are
So we will have
800,000 men with training capabilities
and all the necessary resources
That was a good
staff of
Germany and Poland to salute
work done by Turkey.
They are willing to take over. And fourthly,
these commitments to spread
through solidarity and intervention mechanism.
for Ukraine after
after sign
sign
of Europe. Part of our discussion
European contributions
to speed up
so that in the next few weeks that
that
will be finalized will be a major
component of
all of this essential
essential
of what
the negotiation
And we want therefore
never can
can
surrender and disagreement
that we had last year.
All those actors play the same
that this be lasting and
peace agreements signed by Russia in the
based on that experience we want
civilians target.
the American representatives and all the terms
joint
reaches the
will be set up
each of them
contribute to this.
We also we had very discussions with the
crucial peace
peace
other
Mr. Mr. Mr. We
We
are working on some bilateral agreements
and bilateral documents as well as
trilateral documents and are hoping to sign
sign
We will
very grateful for the United States of America.
We can provide the necessary report to
that Russia cannot
and we very much
guarantee must be based on
legal grounds confirmed by the American
of course some issues we may regarding
these documents document
document
what we really need to work upon the
issue of territory
we have a number of volunteers that
could be held
as to who to do what
should be done to put an end to this war.
Ukraine means diplomat
because not diplomacy strikes.
diplomat. This has been
engaged. The stronger our friends, the
stronger will be our diplomacy. So,
thank you to all of you for your
support. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Emanuel. And, uh, it's
important that we're starting the year
like this, European and American allies
uh, side by side with President Zalinski
standing for peace. And we are closer to
that goal than ever. But of course, the
hardest yards are still ahead. So, we're
here today to keep driving that effort
forward, and we've had a very
constructive meeting, which is built on
the excellent progress made in
negotiations over recent days and weeks.
The purpose of the coalition of the
willing is to help deliver a peace that
can last and to work with the US to
guarantee Ukraine security for the long
term. This work is now more advanced
than ever. Today's joint declaration set
that out in clear terms. On top of that,
and alongside President Zalinski and
President Macron, we went even further
today. We signed a declaration of intent
on the deployment of forces to Ukraine
in the event of a peace deal.
This is a vital part of our Ironcast
commitment to stand with Ukraine for the
long term. It paves the way for the
legal framework under which British,
French, and partner forces could operate
on Ukrainian soil, securing Ukraine's
skies and seas and regenerating
Ukraine's armed forces for the future.
We discussed these issues in detail
today and so I can say that following a
ceasefire, the UK and France will
establish military hubs across Ukraine
and build protected facilities for
weapons and military equipment to
support Ukraine's defensive needs.
And with our coalition partners, we've
also agreed significant further steps.
first that we will participate in US-led
monitoring and verification of any ceasefire.
ceasefire.
Second, we will support the longtime
provision of armaments for Ukraine's
defense. And third, we will work towards
binding commitments to support Ukraine
in the case of a future armed attack by
Russia. This is all about building the
practical foundations on which peace
would rest.
But we can only get to a peace deal if
Putin is ready to make compromises.
And so we have to be frank.
For all Russia's words, Putin is not
showing that he's ready for peace. Over
the last few weeks, we've seen the
opposite. further horrific strikes on
Ukraine, killing and wounding civilians
and cutting off power for millions of
people in the dead of winter. His forces
hit a hospital in Kev just yesterday.
And he's tried to distract from peace
efforts with unfounded claims of attacks
on his residents.
Now, this only hardens our resolve. We
will continue to step up our support for
Ukraine's defense in 2026 to ensure it
gets the equipment and backing it needs
to continue the fight. And we will keep
the pressure up on Russia, including
further measures on oil traders and
shadow fleet operators funding Putin's
war chest.
We will continue these efforts until
they come to the table in good faith and
until we realize the goal that we all
share of a just and lasting peace.
>> Thank you.
>> Chancellor Frederick over to you.
>> Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen,
>> this new year is beginning exactly the
way the old ended. that's to say
diplomacy for Ukraine.
was a further step on this path towards
for preparing
since we have built on the progress that
we achieved here in Berlin. This is a
shared successor.
states
Thank them for their support efforts
efforts
at the same strategic first. So we want
to make sure that
weapons of Ukraine after four years of
war be finally silenced.
country is on the verge of humanitarian
energy crisis
enormous efforts to reach.
Secondly, we want there to be a
ceasefire unlike the Supreme 20 one
that this ceasefire.
Today we focused on
the contribution of Europe and its
partners after a ceasefire
Ukraine as we
we
shouldering our responses
that in the future there are strong
forces in Ukraine
constitute a credible deterrent for
arming training and some monitoring
take part in the monitor of
also make a contribution to strengthen
Ukraine on land and the sea and in the air.
air.
We agree for the condition
including from the American to provide security
United States. Secondly,
Secondly,
in such a way willing
willing
partners in the
have to go through their domestic
processes to decide what they will make.
Germany will continue to be politically, financially.
financially.
the type and scope of German contribution
contribution
German government. I would say that for
the moment
in the fourth year of the war, Germany
Germany will accept it for security of
promote reconstruction.
President explained
explained
how the commission
and this reconstruction isn't associated
question security guarantees economic
strength or will be an indispensable guarantee
guarantee
guarantee.
So they will admit this also means
certain expectations
as we discussed
Ukraine must make sure men
find decent jobs in their own country
rather than traveling to Germany, Poland.
Poland.
This is something that we have already
discussed. Brussels together.
This is an expectation that Ukraine.
will be silenced in Ukraine months.
will not be able to achieve the ideal diplomat
diplomat
of peace. Not as much as we would like
but to learn not from
view of what
a stable
and
So once again, thank you for this
excellent meeting today. It really was
worth coming together in such great
numbers. Never happened before.
Coalition of the willing. We've never
had so many people in one room as we
have today in Paris
shows clearly to Russia that they have
to stop the war. There's no point
of the world. We are willing to work
with Ukraine and US to find a way
through to permanent or stable peace in
Europe. So all the best for Ukraine.
>> Hello. Hello.
So um my name is Steve Whit. Hello
everybody. President Mcronone. I want to
thank you for your hospitality. Um
you're an incredible man and um thank
God for you. And President Zilinski, I
want to thank you for your commitment to
the peace here. Your team, you have an
outstanding team and uh it's our it's
our privilege to um to work on this
endeavor. I want to be clear that um
Jared and I have been working with
Ambassador Kushner for close to 10 hours
today and we'll be meeting with the
Ukrainian delegation this evening
continuing that work because President
Trump's mandate is that he wants a peace
in Ukraine and we are determined on his
behalf to do everything possible to
attain that peace. This a lot of
progress began first in Geneva. We made
tremendous progress there. We moved on
to Berlin. Lots of progress happened
there. And as President Sinski
identified. We had a very compelling
meeting in Mara Lago. And we look
forward to more progress as a result of
everything that's occurred today. We
think we're largely finished with
security protocols which are important
so that the people of Ukraine know that
when this ends, it ends forever. But we
also think critically that we are very
very close to finishing up as robust a
prosperity agreement as any country has
ever seen coming out of conflicts like
this. It will aspirationally mean large
possibilities for the Ukrainian people
for people coming home from war who will
find wonderful jobs out there. We're
working with Black Rockck, Larry Frink
in this endeavor and we think it's going
to be very very important for the people
you of Ukraine and we believe that a
robust uh economy
correlates and works directly with these
security protocols. It makes Ukraine a
strong independent nation and we think
that's really important in terms of
their long-term future. Jared and I are
prepared to do anything necessary to
work with our European colleagues.
Prime Minister Stormer, you've been
incredible, as has Chancellor Mertz and
all of the European nations who we met
today, who we spoke with. It's all been
an important uh an important meeting
today and we think we've made a lot of
progress. We heard President Silinski
and some of the others people here
talking about land options that will be
the most critical issue and that subject
and we're going to be continuing with on
with those discussions and hopefully
we'll be able to meet uh or come up with
certain compromises with regard to that.
But I do want to say this, we are here
to mediate and help in the peace process
and we're prepared to do anything
necessary to get to that place.
President Trump strongly, fervently
believes that this killing has to stop,
that the carnage has to stop, and we're
determined, all of us up here, to be a
part of that.
>> Nothing to add. That was perfectly said.
>> Questions. We'll take questions now. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Good evening from
from president,
coalition of willing has come to security
hoping for the support.
Trump has noticably committed to
Venezuela after what
the threats can
can trust
trust allies.
allies.
Should we consider deploying
to protect that territory
to protect this?
Is it because you want to protect links
with the United States you haven't
condemned the intervention in Venezuela?
Thank you that multiple question and I
wish you a happy new year. The question
of Venezuela which I think is not really connected
connected diplomacy
roots French diplomacy has already
expressed itself. We have to see that
message. I think I've been very clear.
of President Trump's special ed
this meeting
is a milestone.
We defenders in line
what France has been defending
is a more strategy with more economy.
share in his
one too. President felt that Europeans
must bear a greater share of the bard.
That's what he's asking us to do
is to
Japan, Prime Minister and the Canadian
Prime Minister
with us today
and is fully security
offering security.
in particular assurance.
So in this context
the supportation of the United States
member countries American capabil for
have the ability to provide certain
importance recent have
have as
as
at these different levels
and observation capabilities are absolutely
absolutely confirmed.
We have put together
construct
Kushner and that
that
guarantee but on the part of the
given all the work that is done
with the United States
UN charter signary
and NATO they are closer to us here in
Europe and it's that they are
and they have worked alongside us in
recent weeks. Thank you. [snorts]
>> Hello to everyone. Axand Kachena
Ukrainian channel one. I have a few
questions. First one for Ukrainian President
question to European leaders. Could you
explain specifically what would be a
contribution from each of your country?
Can we name a number of troops and
mandate they will have? And to the
American side, if I may, um what does it
mean being a back stop in the security
guarantees? And when are you going to
present them to President Trump and to
the Russian side? Is there any specific
that legally binding because most of the coalition
necessary
to have the support of parliament and we
Um so with regards to the security
guarantees there was extensive
conversations about that with President
Sullinsky and President Trump at Mara
Lago uh in December and I think that
they really resolved most if not all the
issues that are outstanding on that. Uh
these have been uh really designed over
the last uh really month uh in
consultation with the Ukrainians with
the Europeans. I I will say I think
today was a very very big milestone and
I thank uh President Mcronone for
assembling this and for all the work uh
that everyone here has done behind the
scenes to bring this together. Um this
does not mean that we will make peace
but peace would not be possible without
the progress that was made here today.
Meaning that um if Ukraine is going to
uh make a final deal they have to know
that after a deal they are secure. they
they have obviously a robust deterrence
and there's real backs stops to make
sure that this will not happen again.
One of the reasons why President Trump
is comfortable uh with the with where
the security guarantees are headed
towards is because based on his
assessments and his conversations with
President Putin is that if we can make
uh the right deal, it would mean a deal
uh where both sides look to deescalate
uh that there's a real uh monitoring
mechanism, real ability if there ever is
a violation to have uh deconliction and
hopefully you know deescalation. uh and
obviously uh you create a robust
deterrence, you know, peace through
strength where it's unlikely that
somebody will ever go and start this
again. So, uh this is a really important
uh building block um to towards an
eventual peace deal and I think that
it's a big big milestone that was
reached today between uh the Europeans
uh with coalition of the willing. Uh and
I really want to just thank the DoD and
the whole um amazing team in the US.
Obviously, you saw uh last week the
incredible capability of the US military
and uh that's just a small piece of what
they're capable of doing. And so uh
they've been really thinking about this
and they believe that a real peace here
is possible and uh there are ways to
>> James Mates, ITV News, uh from London.
Uh Mr.
Prime Minister, today's commitments by
the United States are already being
called a gamecher and I know there's a
reluctance to talk about Greenland
today. But what value do these
commitments have on the very day that at
the highest levels of government in
Washington they are talking about
seizing the sovereign territory of a
fellow NATO member? Mr. Wickoff or Mr.
Kushner, if I may ask you, the
commitments made today, does President
Trump commit to coming to the aid of any
European forces deployed in Ukraine were
they to come into conflict with Russian
forces? Will you will President Trump
have their back? And President Zilinski,
if I may ask you, is this enough? You
said before today you were 90% of the
way towards a peace agreement. How close
are you now?
Let me start on the question of uh
Greenland. I've been very clear as to
what my position and the position of the
UK government is both in statements I
made myself yesterday and in the
statement that was put out earlier
today. I've been equally clear um that
the relationship between the UK and the
US is one of our closest relationships
uh particularly on issues on defense
security and we work with the US 24/7 on
those um issues. So far as today is
concerned, the coalition of the willing
was set up uh just under a year ago now
um with the aim to bring about a just
and lasting peace and we knew that that
would require security guarantees. U we
worked on military plans which were
prepared um over the early months of the
year to a point of several months ago we
were able to set them out with clarity.
Today we've made real progress on the
political uh commitment declarations uh
and commitments that have been made
today. The biggest meeting of the
coalition of the willing in terms of the
number of leaders here and the first
meeting of the coalition where we've
been sat together uh with our American
colleagues around the same table
hammering out these um issues. So this
is the political declaration uh that
goes with it and we've made some real
progress on those security um
guarantees. They're set out uh in the
documents we've issued, but they include
on issues such as uh working with the US
on ceasefire monitoring, on binding
commitments to support Ukraine and on
the operations headquarters uh here in
Paris. Um and as Jared said a moment ago
and I thank Steve and Jared for all the
work they've done in recent weeks uh
particularly on the security guarantees
and for being here uh today uh at our
meeting um but um peace is only possible
because of the progress that we're
making making um in these meetings of
the coalition of willing and that we've
made here um today and I'm really
pleased um that nearly a year after we
begun this uh work with the coalition of
the willing that we've got this are now
with security guarantees. Of course,
nobody is saying that is job done. Uh,
of course, there's more work always to
be done. But we made some real progress
today and that is a good thing for
Ukraine. It's a good thing for Europe.
It's a good thing for the United Kingdom
because of course this is about our
security, um, our defense, our freedoms,
um, and the impact that it's already had
um, over four long years on Ukraine, on
Europe, and back in the United Kingdom.
President strongly strongly stands
behind security protocols. Those
security protocols are meant to a deter
any attacks any further attacks in
Ukraine and B if there are any attacks
they're meant to defend and they will do
both. They are as strong as anyone has
ever seen. Everyone on this panel on
this stage up here has acknowledged that
as has um almost all of the countries
that uh sat at the table with us today.
The president does not back down from
his commitments. He is strong for the
country of Ukraine and for a peace deal
and we will be there for the Ukrainians
in helping them to get to that final
peace and we're confident we will get there.
there.
>> You want to say something, Jerry? Perfect.
Perfect.
Thank you very much for your question.
uh so uh
first of all we we have declaration and
this I think this is a huge step forward
because one year ago we we couldn't even
you know think about it and now we have
this step yes of course not enough not
still enough we will have document which
will be supported I hope I'm sure
between us will be supported by European
parliaments and that will be enough then
we have really very good dialogue with
American side. Thanks again, Stephen,
Jared. So, we we really have good steps
forward. Yes, 90% but we are each day a
little bit closer. It's still not enough
to have a piece because enough when the
war will finish will end in Ukraine, we
still have losses. So, it's still not
enough. Thank you very much. >> Okay.
one of them is perhaps Germany is willing
in a neighboring nation. Could you say a
bit more about that? There are
expectations. You said that Germany's
Question.
of course we were able
to figure out exactly how
as a security guarantee has not yet been
fully addressed.
We have some very specific available
available
Germany is going to be in that will mean
there has to be
will make
coalition of the willing we have a
consensus view on how to proceed we're moving
moving
but I said
it can be the right thing to do both
but that means strengthening
Ukrainian troops, but also in
neighboring perhaps other troops
would be available for intervention
Russian aggression. I'm saying it's all
in the conditional
the total not being
but the basic premise for all this is a ceasefire
ceasefire
for peace and
that is why we are also committing to
that. It's not just about the
territorial integrity of Ukraine. It's
about the lasting maintenance of the
political freedom
that we have in Europe. We've always
protected that and deterrence. It's been
the case for the last 70 years and I
imagine that will be the case of decades
going forward as well.
That's the end of the press conference.
Thank you all very much and good night
>> and happy new year once again to you all.
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