<h6><strong>Ane Barcos</strong></h6> <h4><strong>At the end of the European Summit held on Thursday in Brussels, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the convening of a new summit in Paris on the 27th of the "coalition of the willing," to which he has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The summit aims to continue supporting Ukraine and building a resilient military model.</strong></h4> Macron emphasized that, during the summit, progress will be made on "finalizing efforts to support the Ukrainian army and building a sustainable and resilient military model that will prevent future Russian invasions." The French president also emphasized that "the security guarantees that European forces can offer" will be defined, adding that "protecting peace is our main objective." On the sidelines of the summit of heads of state and government in Brussels, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer brought together more than 20 countries in London to discuss proposals for sending troops to Ukraine to help ensure the country's security as part of any peace agreement. Since the start of the peace negotiations, unilaterally driven by the United States, Macron has led efforts to strengthen Europe's position in the talks, aiming to prevent the European Union from being excluded from the negotiations led by the Trump administration, by convening two extraordinary summits. For his part, Starmer has adopted a similar strategy, making London the venue for meetings between leaders seeking to address the crisis in Ukraine. Both leaders have also traveled to Washington to meet directly with US President Donald Trump. Peace negotiations have gained new momentum following the agreement reached between Washington and Kyiv in Jeddah, which establishes a 30-day provisional ceasefire, with the option to extend it by mutual agreement between both parties, as well as the resumption of US security and intelligence assistance to Ukraine. Trump presented Putin with the agreement reached in Saudi Arabia, which not only proposes a ceasefire on energy infrastructure but also includes technical negotiations on a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea. According to the White House, the leaders agreed that "the path to peace will begin with a ceasefire on energy infrastructure, followed by negotiations to implement a maritime ceasefire, a comprehensive ceasefire, and ultimately a lasting peace." The parties will meet soon in the Middle East to finalize the details. Russia, for its part, has expressed its intention to move toward a lasting peace, although it has conditioned any agreement on the complete suspension of foreign military aid and military intelligence to Ukraine."
