The actions of US President Donald Trump brought together the end of the war in Ukraine, “closer than ever,” said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
His statement comes despite the fact that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not conclude an agreement on a cease-fire at a summit in Alaska on Friday.
He also said that the “path to peace in Ukraine” could not be decided without the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, and that the “unshakable support” of the United Kingdom will continue as long as it will be.
The long -awaited meeting between Trump and Putin was presented as an important step towards peace in Ukraine, but no concrete agreement was made despite the fact that the first dictated that “great progress” had been made.
Zelensky is expected to go to Washington DC on Monday to meet Trump, in order to open the way for new discussions.
Following the anchorage summit, Sir Keir spent on Saturday morning talking to the Western allies.
Following calls, he said in a statement: “I saluted the opening of the United States, alongside Europe, to provide robust security guarantees to Ukraine as part of any agreement.
“President Trump’s efforts brought us closer to ending the Russian illegal war in Ukraine.
“His leadership looking for an end to murder should be congratulated,” said Sir Keir.
Until Putin stops his “barbaric assault”, that the allies “would continue to tighten the screws on his war machine with even more sanctions,” he added.
France later said that Sir Keir would join French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to welcome kyiv Allies on Sunday in a video call from the “Coalition of the Willing” on Sunday.
A source of Downing Street told the BBC that any peace agreement needed the security agreements and “the participation of the United States was a key element”.
After a call with Trump on Saturday, Zelensky called for lasting peace, “not just another break between Russian invasions”.
He stressed that Kyiv should be included in future discussions, and said that he expected Russia “increases pressure and strikes” in the coming days to “create more favorable circumstances for interviews with global actors”.
Before the event, we thought that Trump hoped to conclude a peace agreement in Alaska. Addressing Fox News Radio Thursday, said that the meeting was only 25% of failure.
Despite his removal constantly removing and no global agreement, Trump insisted that “great progress” were made, with “many points” agreed and “very little” remaining.
