French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that he did not plan to send troops to Ukraine "tomorrow" but indicated that France was considering providing security guarantees to Ukraine following an eventual ceasefire deal with Russia.

Axar.az reports that citing France 24, "I have not decided to send troops to Ukraine tomorrow, no," he said.

"What we are considering instead is sending forces to guarantee peace once it has been negotiated," he said.

Answering questions from French social media users ahead of a planned visit to the White House next week, Macron said that France was entering a "new era" and that he planned to tell US President Donald Trump he could not "be weak" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

"I'm going to tell him: 'You can't be weak with President Putin. That's not who you are, it's not your trademark, it's not in your interest'," Macron said.

Trump will meet in Washington with Macron on Monday and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday next week, the White House said.