Albanese joins Macron’s ‘coalition of the willing’ talks on Ukraine and has ‘constructive’ phone call with Trump

PM leaves open possibility of Australian troops joining European forces as peacekeepers

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Anthony Albanese has joined world leaders including Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer in talks about ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, discussing plans for an international peacekeeping force if and when a ceasefire is negotiated.

The Coalition of the Willing talks followed on the heels of Albanese’s latest phone conversation with Donald Trump overnight on Thursday, before a possible face-to-face meeting in Washington DC this month.