French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called on military chiefs from across Europe and beyond to draw up a plan ‘to define credible security guarantees’ for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, the French presidency (the Elysée) said.In a closed-door Paris meeting of top brass from more than 30 allied states and NATO representatives, Macron said ‘This is the moment when Europe must throw its full weight behind Ukraine, and itself.”In view of the acceleration of peace negotiations,’ it was necessary to start planning to ‘define credible security guarantees’ to make a lasting peace in Ukraine a reality, the Elysée quoted Macron as saying.According to the Elysée, the participants agreed that the security guarantees ‘should not be separated from NATO and its capabilities’.
