Following the Alaska summit between US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin, European leaders on Saturday amplified their call for robust security guarantees for Ukraine as it fights to repel a 3.5-year-long Russian invasion.
"We are clear that Ukraine must have ironclad security guarantees to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity," a joint statement by European leaders issued on Saturday said.
According to the signatories, Trump confirmed his willingness to provide Ukraine with appropriate guarantees together with Europe in a call with European leaders after his talks with Putin in the city of Anchorage on Friday.
This willingness was welcomed in the statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and European Council President António Costa.
The so-called Coalition of the Willing is ready to play an active role, they said, referring to an alliance of some 30 countries supporting Ukraine led by Britain and France.
Previous repeated calls by European leaders for a ceasefire are not mentioned in the statement.
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