French President Emmanuel Macron said he will travel to Washington to try to convince US President Donald Trump that his interests align with those of his European allies and that any weakness with Russian President Vladimir Putin would complicate relations with China and Iran.

Macron said the uncertainty in how Trump was handling Russia's three-year-old invasion of Ukraine was worrying for US allies because he could negotiate something that was insufficient, but it was also creating uncertainty for Putin and this was something that needed to be used to help negotiations, reports Reuters.

Macron added that he had not decided to send troops to Ukraine "tomorrow already," but only if a ceasefire was established, the BBC reports.

“The idea is to deploy soldiers to the second line, not on the front line facing the Russians,” said the agency's interlocutor. “It could be combined with a multinational operation with non-European contingents who would be on the front line.”

According to the source, in addition to the UK and France, troops from Denmark and the Baltic states may participate in this operation.

Also, the French president defended Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom US President Donald Trump had called a " dictator without elections."

"He is a president elected in a free system,” Macron said regarding Zelenskyy. “This is not the case for Vladimir Putin, who has been killing his opponents and manipulating his elections for a long time."