EPAThe Prime Minister of UK Keir Starmmer announced a four-point plan to work with Ukraine to close the war and protect the country from Russia.
The UK, France and other countries raise their efforts to a “coalition of ready” and seek to be with the US in their support for Ukraine, as he is.
“We are at a crossroads in History Today,” Starmer said after a summit of 18 leaders – Mostly from Europe and including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Ukraine Felt “Strong support” and the summit showed “European Unity and an extremely high level not seen for a long time”.
It will take two days after A burning exchange between Ukrainian leader and US Donald Trump president in the White House.
“We all work together in Europe to find a basis for American cooperation for a true peace and security guarantee,” Zelensky said after the summit.
Referring to a news conference soon after the leaders’ meeting, Starmmer said four points approved:
- To keep the military aid running Ukraine, and continue increasing Russian economic pressure
- that any lasting peace must be sure that Ukrainian sovereignty and security and Ukraine should attend any peace discussion
- If there is a peace agreement, to develop Ukrainian defense capabilities to prevent any future invasion
- to develop a “coalition of ready” to protect a Ukrainian deal and peace guarantee after
Sir Keir also informs an additional £ 1.6bn ($ 2bn) in UK Export finance to buy more than 5,000 air defense missiles. It comes on top of a £ 2.2bn Loan To provide a lot of military assistance to Ukraine supported by profits from frozen Russian properties.
“We have to learn from the mistakes of the past, we cannot accept a weak agreement what Russia can break shortly, instead of any agreement should be supported by energy,” he said.
The Prime Minister does not say which countries have agreed to join this coalition in prepared, but it is said that those who have come to intensify to plan with real urgency.
The UK, he said, returned its commitment to “land boots, and airplanes”.
“Europe must do heavy lifting,” he said, before adding that the agreement we need to support and need to include Russia, but that is not allowed to dictate Russia.
“Allow me clearly, we agree with Trump with a urgent need for a strong peace. Now we need to provide together,” Sir Keir said.
When asked if the US under Trump is an unreliable ally, he said: “No one wants to see what it happened on Friday, but I didn’t receive unreliable in the US.”
Summit countries include France, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Czech Republic, Denmark, Romania, Spain and Canada.
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said there is an urgent need for “re-armol Europe”.
These feelings echoed in the Secretary General Mark Rutte, said the meeting saw European countries “to make sure” remain in the fight if it should continue “.
After the summit, Zelensky went to Sandringham where he met King Charles III. Later he spoke to reporters in a final press briefing where he It is said that he is willing to sign an agreement with the minerals in the US.
Ukraine will be expected to sign the agreement – which will provide US access to mineral reserves in Ukraine – but visiting Ukraensky at the end of a warm confrontation with the Oval Office.
Earlier on Sunday, the US Treasury Sectister Scott Bossent warned an agreement with the US and Ukraine who could not be signed “Nothing in peace” in Russia.
But when the BBC asked about the future of agreement to follow the summit, Zelensky said it was ready to sign.
“The agreement that’s on the table is signed when the parties are ready,” he said.
RabauseSummit on Sunday ends a serious diplomacy week, which includes visits to the French leader Emmanuel Macron, Sir Keir and Zelensky.
Zelensky’s meeting, however, ended with a heat changed by Vice-President JD Vice, where the United States accused of his Ukrainian president “Gambling World War World”.
Trump said he wanted to end the battle of Ukraine and expressed trust in Russian president Vladimir Putin, construction most of his western allies.
The US also began the interview with Russian peace – excluding Ukraine.
At one point, the US leader accused Ukraine at the beginning of the war – even if it was Putin who launched a full invasion of Russian neighbor on Russia on 24 February 2022.
