Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his country would consider joining a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his country would consider joining a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. But he stressed that it was too early for any deployment.

The Australian leader spoke Saturday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who along with France has been trying to assemble a “coalition of the willing” to protect a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

“Both of our nations are very clear about our support for Ukraine, and it of course is too early — you can’t have peacekeeping forces without having peace,” Albanese told a news conference. 

“I certainly have said very clearly, publicly, repeatedly, that we would give consideration to participating in any peacekeeping mission in the Ukraine,” he added.

In a post on social media he reaffirmed Australia’s “commitment to the brave people of Ukraine in defense of their sovereignty and international law.”