French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, March 11, called on European and NATO military chiefs to draw up a plan "to define credible security guarantees" for Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.

Axar.az reports citing Le Monde, the Paris meeting gathered representatives from 34 countries, most of them from Europe and NATO, but also from Australia, New Zealand and Japan. There was no representative from the United States, which is the leading member of NATO.

"This is the moment when Europe must throw its full weight behind Ukraine, and itself," Macron told the meeting, according to the Elysée. "In view of the acceleration of peace negotiations," it was necessary to start planning to "define credible security guarantees" to make a lasting peace in Ukraine a reality, the French presidency reported Macron saying.

Such guarantees should be "credible and long-term, and should be accompanied by unfailing support for the Ukrainian army," according to the Elysée.