Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen believes that Western countries, including the United States, should not completely rule out the idea of sending their troops to Ukraine in case of a difficult situation.
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Finland isn’t discussing it right now, but “it’s important that we don’t rule things out in the long term because we never know how serious the situation will be.”
But Finland’s position is clear: we are not sending troops now and do not want to discuss this,” the minister said.
White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby says the United States is not opposed to such a move by its allies. At the same time, Washington does not plan to station its troops on Ukrainian territory.
Earlier, the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry said that proceeds from frozen Russian assets should be used to arm Ukraine. The minister, however, recalled that we are talking about a rather complex legal issue.
One of the main values in the West is the inviolability of private property. Although not all citizens will understand why we cannot simply take and appropriate the funds of a neighboring state waging a brutal war of aggression, without observing any international norms. But we still have to stick to our principles,” she said.
Previously, three Baltic countries expressed direct support for Emmanuel Macron’s intentions to deploy Western troops in Ukraine.
On February 26, after a summit of leaders of 25 European countries, the United States and Canada, convened in Paris to discuss assistance to Ukraine, Macron said:
We will do everything possible and as long as necessary.
Journalists asked Macron what his words mean that partners are ready to do “everything possible” to support Kyiv. To this, the French president replied that nothing was ruled out, even the deployment of ground troops, including French soldiers. However, Macron immediately clarified that this is still a theoretical discussion.
Source: Racurs
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