{"id":82120,"date":"2025-08-19T21:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82120\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T21:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:18:11","slug":"ukraine-hopeful-canada-will-actively-be-part-of-future-security-guarantee-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/82120\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine hopeful Canada will \u2018actively\u2019 be part of future security guarantee – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine<\/a> would like to see Canada \u201cactively participating\u201d in future security guarantees as part of a long-term peace deal to end the Russian<\/a> war, a top diplomat said Tuesday as allies began discussing what such a plan could look like.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday joined a virtual meeting to discuss next steps for securing peace in Ukraine with European and other international leaders, including those who participated in Monday\u2019s talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> at the White House. NATO<\/a> military chiefs are set to continue that conversation in a meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister affirmed Canada\u2019s steadfast commitment to supporting these efforts \u2013 reinforced by further diplomatic engagement, continued military and economic pressure on Russia to end its aggression, and close co-ordination with President Zelenskyy on the development of robust and credible security guarantees, as well as further military and financial support for Ukraine,\u201d a readout of Tuesday\u2019s meeting from Carney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

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It made no mention of what Canada might specifically contribute to a future security guarantee.<\/p>\n

The flurry of diplomacy has Ukraine feeling hopeful that the stage is being set for an end to Russian hostilities after more than three years of war \u2014 so long as the country\u2019s long-term future is secured with help from its allies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that we are cautiously optimistic, but not naive,\u201d Oleh Nikolenko, who serves as Ukraine\u2019s consul general in Toronto, told Global News in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many crucial things at stake right now, and everything that is coming out from Russia must be taken with a large grain of salt \u2026 but the meetings have been constructive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zelenskyy told reporters in Washington after his meeting with Trump and European leaders that security guarantees for Kyiv will likely be worked out by allied partners within 10 days.<\/p>\n

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French President Emmanuel Macron told NBC News in an interview that it will be \u201cvery important\u201d to finalize those details before a future trilateral meeting between Trump, Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin \u201cto put Ukraine in a situation to negotiate.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The White House said Tuesday that planning was underway<\/a> for a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin within the next two weeks, which will be followed by a trilateral meeting with Trump \u201cif necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Macron said the next few days of discussion among the so-called \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d will be focused on \u201cwho is willing to do what\u201d to ensure Ukraine\u2019s security, and specifically mentioned Canada among the countries potentially taking part.<\/p>\n

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Nikolenko said Ukraine would welcome Canada\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada has been actively involved in the discussions that are happening,\u201d\u00a0Nikolenko said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we would like to see Canada actively participating in the security guarantees architecture. To which extent, in which format, what kind of support Canada can provide, this is to be discussed further.\u201d<\/p>\n

A joint statement from Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and her Nordic counterparts on Tuesday following meetings in Finland said the countries \u201care ready to play an active role in combining the efforts of the Coalition of the Willing with those of the United States to ensure the strength and credibility of these security guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere must be no limitations on Ukraine\u2019s armed forces or on its cooperation with third countries,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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Canada has committed $6.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of 2022, the federal government says. That number includes over $2 billion in aid announced by Carney at the G7 summit in Alberta in June, which Zelenskyy attended.<\/p>\n

Carney has undertaken efforts to boost Canada\u2019s military, including pay raises for Canadian Armed Forces members and increases in defence spending.<\/p>\n

Yet the military still currently faces employment and equipment shortages, and has struggled to boost its NATO-affiliated battalion force in Latvia to a larger brigade.<\/p>\n

Global News has asked Defence Minister David McGuinty\u2019s office and the department what Canada would be willing to contribute to a future Ukraine security guarantee.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for McGuinty said the minister is not taking part in Wednesday\u2019s meeting of NATO military leaders.<\/p>\n

U.S. air force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, who also oversees all NATO operations in Europe, will brief the defence chiefs for NATO countries on the status of Ukraine peace and security negotiations as well as \u201cthe current security environment,\u201d Adm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chairman of NATO\u2019s military committee, posted on X on Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n

A readout of Tuesday\u2019s coalition meeting from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s office said planning teams will meet with U.S. officials in the coming days \u201cto further strengthen plans to deliver robust security guarantees and prepare for the deployment of a reassurance force if the hostilities ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leaders also discussed how further pressure \u2013 including through sanctions \u2013 could be placed on Putin until he showed he was ready to take serious action to end his illegal invasion,\u201d the readout said.<\/p>\n

Russia has explicitly ruled out allowing NATO troops in Ukraine, but Trump said Monday that Putin is open to the presence of western troops in Ukraine as part of a larger, Europe-led security guarantee that ensures Russia doesn\u2019t invade again.<\/p>\n

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In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, Trump said European nations \u201care willing to put people on the ground\u201d and the U.S. is \u201cwilling to help them with things, especially, probably, if you talk about by air because nobody has stuff we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed in a briefing later on Tuesday that air support was \u201can option and a possibility\u201d being looked at, and reaffirmed that Trump has ruled out deploying U.S. troops on the ground in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Nikolenko said security guarantees are \u201ca key element of any further mechanisms which will lead to lasting peace for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

What that looks like will depend on the capabilities of each coalition partner, he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, there should be a mechanism that will ensure Ukraine\u2019s security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine is also looking to secure a US$90-billion arms deal that will see Kyiv buy American weapons and other equipment with European financial backing as part of a future security guarantee. Nikolenko said Ukraine will also generate revenues for its economy and military through domestic drone production and sales to the U.S. and other partners.<\/p>\n

All of the discussions are aimed at both ending the current war and ensuring another invasion by Russia cannot happen, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutin has proved that you cannot trust him until we see what his real actions are,\u201d he said. \u201cSo promises and talks are one thing, but (actions are) another thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine would like to see Canada \u201cactively participating\u201d in future security guarantees as part of a long-term peace…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,49364,44,714,6639,10612,3275],"class_list":{"0":"post-82120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nato","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-ukraine","15":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}