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Emmanuel Macron (l), President of France, shakes hands with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz has categorically ruled out sending ground troops from NATO countries to the Ukraine war.
At the meeting of more than 20 heads of state and government to support Ukraine on Monday evening in Paris, they discussed “that what was agreed upon among themselves and with each other right from the start also applies to the future, namely that there will be no ground troops There will be soldiers on Ukrainian soil who will be sent there by European states or NATO states,” said Scholz on Tuesday in Freiburg.
Freiburg - Scholz added that there should be no participation of soldiers in the war from afar.
It was also agreed that “the soldiers who work in our countries will not take an active part in the war themselves,” he said.
Remote participation would be possible, for example, by programming target data for missiles.
The Chancellor emphasized that this agreement in Paris was “very, very good and very important progress”.
“It was also very unanimous on this issue.”
On Monday evening after the meeting, the French President did not rule out the use of ground troops.
“There is no consensus today about officially sending ground troops,” he said.
“But nothing can be ruled out in the dynamic.
We will do everything necessary to ensure that Russia cannot win this war.” dpa