On Thursday, a meeting was held in Paris where they discussed peace and security for Ukraine.
At the meeting was Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who says it was a very good meeting.
– Before the negotiations that are going on, it is obvious that it is Ukraine who make great attempts to say yes to various proposals, to accept ceasefires while Russia is delaying and constantly delay the process, says Ulf Kristersson.
He says there is a great suspicion in Europe that Russia wants peace at all.
– Nothing speaks for it, says Kristersson.
He says there are several Russian demands that Europe will never agree to. Ukraine will not be demilitarized. You will also not remove any sanctions against Russia before a credible peace is in place.
Military support is controlled: “into the Excel sheet”
One should also try to control and clarify what kind of military support should be given to Ukraine.
– Everyone has to date and price exactly what you intend to give to Ukraine, exactly when and exactly how the short visibility becomes much clearer. So in the Excel sheet literally.
They also talked about other types of support for Ukraine.
– The best security guarantee is a strong Ukrainian defense force. 800 thousand men in Ukraine to be equipped, financed and trained. There, Europe can make very big efforts. It does not exclude what we also discussed. Having different forms of military forces in place in very orderly forms.