Norwegian Defense Chief Erik Kristoffersen is in Paris on Tuesday with military top leaders from around 30 countries. The United States is not at the meeting that France’s President Emmanuel Macron initiated at short notice. The defense peaks will discuss how they can provide Ukraine safety guarantees. They will also talk about how Europe can defend themselves to a greater extent. – It is important that countries such as the United Kingdom and Norway are securing the marine areas in the north, France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Locornu initiates the security meeting. The meeting is held in the wake of the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow so far in the war. The attack happened night to Tuesday and must have killed a civilian and injured three others, according to Russian media. Will send soldiers to Ukraine Last week Donald Trump stopped all support for Ukraine. The decision was made a few days after the historic meeting of the oval office – where Trump scolded Ukraine’s Zelenskyj. With its 114.2 billion euros in Ukraine support, the United States is the individual country that has cleared the most. Trump’s cut in military support thus sent shock waves through Europe. Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) called the time we live in the most serious security policy situation since World War II. Among the countries participating in the Paris Defense Meeting, many have said they are willing to participate in the so -called coalition of willingness, including contributing soldiers on the ground in Ukraine, writes NTB. So far, only France, the United Kingdom and Denmark have announced publicly that they will send their own soldiers to Ukraine. However, around 20 other countries should have expressed a similar desire. Norway is not among these countries, but recently decided to increase support for Ukraine from NOK 35 billion to NOK 85 billion. The US and Ukraine meet on Tuesday morning also met the United States and Ukraine to discuss the way to peace, but these negotiations took place in Saudi Arabia. After the disaster meeting at the oval office, Ukraine has been in a very squeezed situation, and completely dependent on the US support being resumed. This was one of the most important topics for the negotiations. Ukraine’s president meets with the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: AP Neither Zelenskyj nor Trump even attended the meeting, but sent their respective delegations. Zelenskyj is still present in the Saudi city of Jeddah, where the meeting was held. On Monday night, he met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the country’s possible role as a broker in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Published 11.03.2025, at. 11.22
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