And I believe that once we come to an understanding that there is a common will to deploy the forces, the Czech Republic will be part of it,
We are part of this coalition now
But if there is a strong group of European nations willing to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, my strong conviction is that the Czech Republic should be among them. I know that it sounds like a cliché, but I truly believe that we are doing it to a large extent for ourselves,
And now we talk mostly about the newly-organised coalition of the willing – countries that are able and willing to deploy some stabilising force to Ukraine once a peace agreement is achieved,
If there’s going to be a peace deal, Ukraine cannot be a member of NATO. I think that’s largely accepted,
I think that’s open for discussion,
Russia broke the previous Budapest and Minsk agreements, so any new peace agreement must therefore be secured by firm guarantees that it will be respected."
Europe must be ready to deter future breaches by committing to the principle of 'snap back' to the current sanctions and asset freezes."
I think that Zelenskyy, and he's got a right-hand guy, Yermak, I think that they've largely conceded that they are not going to be a member of NATO,
Do you think there will be elections in Ukraine?"
I would like us to have some concrete outcomes. We have discussed this with President Macron,