A coalition of 30 nations, including Japan and Australia, has been working for several months to develop a security guarantee concept for Ukraine.

This was stated by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in an interview with American television channel Fox News.

«Over the past few months, under the leadership of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, the group has been focusing on security guarantees (for Ukraine) following a prolonged ceasefire or, ideally, within a comprehensive peace agreement,» Rutte noted.

He added that discussions on how the United States might engage in these security guarantees would take place in the coming days.

«We need to discuss more details regarding these security guarantees,» the NATO chief remarked.

Rutte also described the willingness of the US to join the security guarantees as «a real breakthrough.»

According to him, the discussions are about security guarantees similar to NATO's Article 5, but the specifics are still being negotiated.

As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky recently met with American leader Donald Trump in the Oval Office in a bilateral setting. During the meeting, Zelensky expressed hope that American and European leaders would help find a diplomatic path to end the war and looks forward to a trilateral meeting of the leaders of Ukraine, the US, and Russia.

A broader meeting also took place involving the presidents of the US and Ukraine, alongside European leaders who arrived in Washington to discuss ways to conclude the war in Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, during her visit to Washington, stated that European leaders, together with the US president, are working to end the bloodshed in Ukraine.