Starmer Says UK, France, Ukraine To Work On Plan To ‘Stop The Fighting’, Lists US Among 3 Keys To Lasting Peace

UK, France, and Ukraine will develop a ceasefire plan to present to the US, said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

By : ABP News Bureau | Updated at : 02 Mar 2025 03:55 PM (IST)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Downing Street.
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Britain, France, and Ukraine have agreed to work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The decision was taken after talks among the leaders of the four countries following the Oval Office spat between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump. 

Speaking to BBC, Starmer said he believes the US president wants a durable peace in Ukraine. He further said that American security guarantees will be needed to make it stick. 

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The British PM is hosting a summit of European leaders in London on Sunday to discuss Ukraine. Besides Zelenskyy, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the meeting. 

Leaders of Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Czechia and Romania will also be in attendance, along with the foreign minister of Turkey. 

European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen Council President Antonio Costa and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte have also been invited. 

In his interview with the BBC, Starmer said his conversations with Zelenskyy, Trump, and Macron have led to an agreement that the UK - along with France and "possibly one or two others" - will work with Ukraine on a "plan to stop the fighting and then we'll discuss that plan with the US. 

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Three Keys For Lasting Peace 

He listed three things that were believed were needed for a lasting peace in Ukraine including a "strong Ukraine", a US backstop, and a European element with security guarantees. 

"You can't have a deal that falls apart and that's what Zelensky is worried about," he said, adding that Zelenskyy was "rightly concerned" a proposed deal "had to hold".

On the Oval Office spat that had the world talking when Trump and Zelenskyy engaged in a shouting bout, Starmer said he felt "uncomfortable" watching the row but decided to "roll up [his] sleeves" and call them both rather than "ramp up the rhetoric."

Published at : 02 Mar 2025 03:55 PM (IST)
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