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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday repeatedly emphasized any agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine war must contain security guarantees for long-term peace in the region.

"This peace must not mean a surrender of Ukraine," Macron said. "It must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees. This peace must allow for Ukrainian sovereignty and allow Ukraine to negotiate with other stakeholders regarding the issues that affect it. But is also a country in which we need to shoulder our responsibility so that we ensure security and stability for Ukraine and for the entire region. And for us Europeans this is an existential issue."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also pushed that any agreement to end the conflict include security guarantees.

Trump, however, didn't say much on the issue during Monday's news conference.

Earlier in the day, he said he supported European peacemakers going into Ukraine after the war and said Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts that as well. When asked whether the U.S. would support European troops stationed in Ukraine, Trump vaguely replied, "We’re going to have a backing of some kind."

During a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Donald Trump was asked about his deadline for Canada and Mexico tariffs scheduled for next week, to which he said they will be "going forward, on time, on schedule."

"We're on time with the tariffs and it seems like that's moving along very rapidly," he said, emphasizing his belief that America has been mistreated and taken advantage of by "many" countries.

Earlier this month after negotiating with leaders, Trump postponed the 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada to go into effect on March 4.

President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office he believed the war in Ukraine could end "soon." Monday marks three years since Russia's invasion began.

"How soon?" a reporter pressed him.

"I think we could end it within weeks. If we're smart," Trump said. "If we're not smart, it'll keep going and we'll keep losing."

President Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday he's having "serious discussions" with Russia not only on ending its invasion of Ukraine but also on "major economic development transactions" -- though he didn't provide details.

Trump was asked to elaborate on what those transactions would look like as he met with France's Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office.

"We're trying to do some economic development deals. They have a lot of things that we want, and we'll see. I mean, I don't know if that will come to fruition, but we'd love to be able to do that if we could," Trump said.

"You know, they have massive, rare earth ... they have very valuable things that we could use, and we have things that they could use, and it would be very good if we could do that. I think it would be a very good thing for world peace," Trump said.