AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA’S Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that his country would consider taking part in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine but stressed it was too early for any deployment.
“Both of our nations are very clear about our support for Ukraine, and it of course is too early — you can’t have peacekeeping forces without having peace,” Albanese told a news conference.
“I certainly have said very clearly, publicly, repeatedly, that we would give consideration to participating in any peacekeeping mission in the Ukraine.”
Australia will send a senior representative to a chiefs of defence meeting in Paris on Tuesday to discuss future backing for Ukraine, Albanese said.
Several European states have said they would be willing to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as a “security guarantee”.
