Ireland ready to contribute to Ukraine security guarantees – Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: t.me/V\_Zelenskiy\_official)
Ireland is ready to make its contribution to guaranteeing security for Ukraine after the end of the war with Russia, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
As Zelenskyy said, today he held a conversation with Prime Minister of Ireland Micheál Martin.
He, in particular, thanked Ireland for its assistance in setting up shelters in Ukrainian schools.
"Thanks to this, even more of our schoolchildren have the opportunity to study offline and be safe. We also discussed assistance with funding to provide students with free meals. We agreed to look for opportunities," the president noted.
The leaders also discussed work on security guarantees for Ukraine.
"For us, the involvement of all partners is very important. Ireland is ready to make its contribution to guaranteeing security. We also equally see the need to increase pressure on Russia, including through the introduction of secondary sanctions," Zelenskyy added.
He emphasized that everything possible must be done "so that Moscow finally feels that this war is truly costly for them."
Only then, according to the Ukrainian president, will Russians begin to think about "how to end what they themselves started."
"We greatly value the support of our European future from Ireland and the clear position that Ukraine and Moldova must move together in the negotiation process," Zelenskyy added.
Security guarantees for Ukraine
On August 18, a meeting was held at the White House between US President Donald Trump, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and European leaders. The allies discussed security guarantees for Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after the meeting at the White House, said that the details of the guarantees were planned to be agreed within 10 days. However, the timeline was later shifted by another week.
On August 25, US President Donald Trump publicly assured that Europe would provide "significant" guarantees, and the United States would stand in support of these commitments.
At the same time, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni proposed to European leaders a plan for providing security guarantees to Ukraine in the format of collective assistance, which does not involve NATO membership.
Meanwhile, the European Union defined how it would participate in Ukraine's security guarantees. This concerns training and civilian missions, as well as the role of neutral states.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that Ukraine's partner countries had drawn up a clear roadmap on the issue of providing security guarantees.
In addition, in recent days Zelenskyy outlined three key blocks of security guarantees for Ukraine. These involve maintaining the army, cooperation with NATO countries, and sanctions against Russia.
