Russia is threat to for security, safety of all Europe, says Mette Frederiksen
A resolution that will end the war in Ukraine has to include Europe, especially Ukraine, Danish prime minister said on Monday.
According to Danish state broadcaster, Mette Frederiksen, who spoke following an emergency meeting on Ukraine in Paris earlier in the day, said: “Russia is a real threat to the security and safety of all of Europe, and thus our freedom.”
She noted that the most important message of the meeting was the need for rearmament.
“We must rearm in Denmark, we must rearm in Europe, and we must do this to prevent Russia from moving the war from Ukraine to other European countries,” Frederiksen said.
In reference to the US administration's insistence to end the war in Ukraine by directly and swiftly negotiating with Kremlin, Frederiksen rejected the notion of peace at any cost.
“A ceasefire in Ukraine may sound better than it is, because we risk that a ceasefire will not bring peace and will put other European countries, but also Ukraine, in an even more dangerous situation,” she said, warning that Russia might use a ceasefire - if it is on the wrong premises - to mobilize, start over and attack a new country.
Against this background, Frederiksen underlined, the peace cannot be negotiated without Europe, particularly Ukraine, as it is all about its territorial integrity.
Calling British Premier Keir Starmer's remarks about possibility of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine “positive,” she stressed that much needs to be clarified before eventually making such decision.
On Monday, European leaders gathered amid concerns sparked by US President Donald Trump's direct engagement with Russia and his administration's intention to exclude the EU from Ukraine peace talks.
Participating in the summit were the leaders of the UK, Germany, Poland, Italy, and Denmark, as well as NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, apart from host French President Emmanuel Macron.
