Ahmet Gencturk
26 February 2025•Update: 26 February 2025
ATHENS
Italian Primer Georgia Meloni said Wednesday that there can be no just peace without security guarantees for Ukraine.
"Efforts are needed to lay the foundations for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, which will only come about if Kyiv is given adequate security guarantees to make sure it does not happen again, and European nations that feel threatened can feel safe,” she said at a news conference in Rome alongside Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
"I have always said that these security guarantees must be implemented within the context of NATO because I think that this is the best framework to guarantee a peace that is neither fragile nor temporary, so that there is no longer the risk that Europe could fall back into the drama of war,” she said.
Other proposed solutions would be more complex and less effective, she added.
As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters its fourth year, shifting global dynamics suggests a possible resolution.
US President Donald Trump, who campaigned on ending the war, has taken an unconventional approach, engaging directly with Russia while sidelining Ukraine and Europe, a move that caused widespread backlash across Europe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, continues to push for NATO membership, underscoring that his country needs the alliance’s security guarantees for lasting peace.
Marking the third anniversary of the Russian war, European leaders and top EU officials gathered in the Ukrainian capital to show support.
The Trump administration, however, has signaled that Ukraine’s NATO aspirations and hopes of regaining pre-2014 borders are unlikely.
