NATO's Secretary General stated that Europe is prepared to provide security guarantees for Ukraine and increase investments in its safety.

He wrote about this on his page in X following the emergency summit in Paris organized by Emmanuel Macron.

“Europe is ready and wants to take action. To lead the provision of security guarantees for Ukraine. We are prepared and eager to invest significantly more in our security. We will need to define the details, but the commitments are clear,” wrote Rutte.

More about Macron's summit

French President Emmanuel Macron convened an informal summit of European leaders in Paris on February 17 to discuss the situation in Ukraine and security on the continent.

European leaders are trying to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump not to rush into peace talks with Russia, Bloomberg reported.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares claimed that the meeting would address how to prevent peace negotiations regarding Ukraine from ending in a reward for Russian aggression. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that the summit would also discuss the deployment of European troops to Ukraine after the war, writes Aktuality.

According to the latest information, the meeting included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

Also invited were NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and two top EU officials — European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.