Starmer to call European allies ahead of Zelensky White House visit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House next week will participate in a video meeting with European allies on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Putin will join Sir Keir while hosting the “willing coalition” after not reaching a cease -fire agreement at a summit in Alaska.
On Saturday, the Prime Minister praised Trump for ending the war in Ukraine, “closer to the time than ever”, but warned that the “path of peace” cannot be decided without Zelensky.
The US President comes after saying that he wanted to jump directly to a permanent peace agreement.
On Saturday, the US President, the truth on the social platform, “the best way to end the terrible war between Russia and Ukraine to go to a direct peace agreement,” he said.
Zelensky then said that Russia refused to accept a ceasefire Efforts to end the “complex” war.
On Monday, Ukrainian leader Trump said that Zelensky would call Zelensky to accept a peace agreement.
After the Anchorage Summit, Sir Keir spent Saturday morning talking to Western allies.
“Welcome to Ukraine to provide solid security guarantees to Ukraine as part of any agreement with the US, together with the US, said in a statement after the calls.
“President Trump’s efforts approached us to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.
“The leadership of ending killing should be praised,” Sir Keir said.
Until Putin stopped the “barbarian attack”, the Allies “would continue to squeeze the screws in the war machine with more sanctions,” he added.
Downing street source told BBC that any peace agreement needs security agreements and “the US participation is an important part of it”.
After a call with Trump on Saturday, Zelensky called for a permanent peace, not just another pause between Russian invasions “.
He stressed that Kiev should be included in the future discussions and said that Russia expects “pressure and strikes” to “increase more favorable conditions for negotiations with global actors” in the coming days.
On Friday, Zelensky visited Sir Keir at Downing StreetAnd the couple greeted each other in a warm embrace before interviewing breakfast.
It was seen as a carefully coordinated support show in front of the Trump-Putin Summit.
