Upon entering a European Council meeting in Brussels, Luís Montenegro considered that the expectation for today's leaders' summit is to create conditions for a peace process “for Ukraine and with Ukraine”.

The Prime Minister added that Portugal “will not fail to be available to participate in this process”.

“And [Portugal] will also participate, if a ceasefire is achieved and a path towards a peace process is reached, with all the necessary steps that the EU can take in order to, on the ground, implement this objective”, said the leader of the executive.

The leaders of the 27 EU countries are meeting today in Brussels to reinforce support for Ukraine, at a time when the United States of America (USA), under the aegis of Republican Donald Trump, has suspended military support for the country invaded by Russia.