Mette Frederiksen does not trust Russia and wants security guarantees

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) does not trust Russia, and if a ceasefire and subsequent peace settlement in Ukraine is to take place at all, it requires that Ukraine receives security guarantees.

She said this in connection with a meeting in the Joint Expeditionary Force, JEF, in Oslo.

At the meeting, she met with the heads of government from the Nordic and Baltic countries, as well as Holland and Britain. The war in Ukraine was one of the topics discussed at the meeting.

Frederiksen is skeptical about whether the Russians genuinely want a ceasefire.

- I don't think one can trust Russia, but we must continue to try - unless it becomes clear at some point that they don't want it, and then we must take our consequences, says Frederiksen.

Prime Minister Frederiksen has stated on several occasions that Ukraine should have security guarantees. And the fact that the discussion continues to revolve around security guarantees is very telling of the situation, according to Mette Frederiksen.

- It indicates in reality all doubt about Russia, because if everyone believed in Russia's intentions, we would not need to discuss security guarantees.

- But we do, and a part of the security guarantees is the presence of military forces from outside, she says.

The Baltic and Nordic countries are all open to the need for peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. However, there are still a number of conditions that must be met for anything to happen, and there is still a long way to go.

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, participated virtually in the meeting. On Thursday evening, Frederiksen and her colleagues spoke both with the United States' President, Donald Trump, and Zelenskyy. Among other things, about the need for a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Trump has written on his social media, Truth Social, that the United States is urging a "30-day unconditional ceasefire."

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