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Posted on March 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
Macron will meet European army chiefs to discuss sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine post-peace deal with Russia.
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday he plans next week to hold a meeting of army chiefs from European countries willing to send troops to Ukraine after any eventual peace deal with Russia.
He also said France needs to be ready if the United States is no longer by its side.
(This Mar 5. story has been corrected to show that France plans to convene army chiefs from some European nations, not all, in the headline and paragraph 1)
(Reporting by Michel Rose; Editing by GV De Clercq, Chris Reese and Richard Lough)
Macron plans to hold a meeting of army chiefs from European countries willing to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.
He stated that France needs to be prepared if the United States is no longer by its side.
The article was corrected to clarify that France plans to convene army chiefs from some European nations, not all.
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