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Meeting in London on 2 March, the leaders of 17 European countries – including France, Italy, Poland, Turkey and Germany – as well as Canada, accompanied by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, pledged to form a “coalition of the willing” to support and defend Ukraine.
The participating countries agreed to boost their military spending. Paris and London presented a draft peace plan including a one-month ceasefire and the possibility of deploying soldiers and aircraft to Ukraine to protect civilian installations. They intend to discuss this plan with the United States, whose support remains essential at this stage.
The meeting, scheduled a week ago, took on added urgency after the humiliation inflicted on President Volodymyr Zelensky by Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance at the White House on 28 February. Vance threatened to withdraw Washington's support for Ukraine if Zelensky refused to sign an agreement granting concessions to Ukrainian mineral resources and to concede to certain demands of Vladimir Putin – all without committing to the security guarantees requested by the Ukrainian president.
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