NATO's Stoltenberg not sold on Macron's talk of Western troops for Ukraine

Asked if Macron had made a mistake by talking of "strategic ambiguity" on the possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: "I think it is important that we consult and that we have a common approach to these important topics because they matter for all of us."

NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg distanced himself on Monday from French president Emmanuel Macron's declaration that Western allies should not rule out deploying troops to Ukraine. "NATO has no plans to send troops to Ukraine and NATO's not party to the conflict, nor are NATO allies," Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, told Reuters in an interview.

Stoltenberg said that even if individual NATO countries sent troops to Ukraine, that would affect the alliance as a whole as its members are bound by a collective defence pact. Asked if Macron had made a mistake by talking of "strategic ambiguity" on the possible deployment of Western troops to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: "I think it is important that we consult and that we have a common approach to these important topics because they matter for all of us."

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