PARIS: European capitals and ​allies meeting in Paris on January 6 will make firm ‌commitments ‌toward protecting ‌Ukraine ⁠after ​any ‌peace deal with Russia is brokered, French President Emmanuel Macron ⁠said on ‌Wednesday ‍during ‍his New Year ‍Eve’s speech.

Macron has convened a meeting of ​the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’. ⁠The Coalition grouping led by Britain and France includes more than 30 nations.