Lithuanian Foreign Minister has doubts EU will form unified position on Western troops in Ukraine

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis expressed doubt at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on 18 March that the EU countries will be on the same page regarding the potential deployment of Western troops to Ukraine. 

Source: European Pravda

Details: Landsbergis was answering a question about whether ministers would discuss the possibility of developing a common position on the deployment of Western troops in Ukraine.

"I don't believe that it will be possible to agree on something like this," Landsbergis said.

"We have proved in the past that we are unable to agree on less sensitive issues... So I can’t imagine that we would be able to agree upon something like this," Landsbergis added. 

He noted that Lithuania's position is to "consider all options and be part of a coalition that will help Ukraine win this war."

Background:

• Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron said that a possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine "could not be ruled out."
• Clarifying his statement later, Macron stressed that if such a scenario were to be implemented, French forces would not launch an offensive against Russia.

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