Colossal stakes for Starmer’s summit on Ukraine
Shortly after these Amazing exchange between President Donald Trump and White House Vodimir Zelensky, European leaders have provided public support to Ukraine one by one.
But the Prime Minister remained silent.
Then, when I was 10 o’clock as BBC news, my phone went.
I’ve been sent Statement No. 10: Sir Keir Starmer had spoken with them, and the Prime Minister “retained his firm support for Ukraine and was doing everything he could to find a path to lasting peace”.
On Friday afternoon at the White House, not only did the relationship between the two allies – the United States and Ukraine, in the most spectacular way, but diplomacy in recent days was also a visit to French President Emmanuel Macron, then the White House Prime Minister.
I witnessed it in the same room 24 hours before Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Oval Office Trump and Sir Kyle’s Warmth and Bondmee: In sharp contrast to what is going to happen next.
Sir Keir, like his former Emmanuel Macron, tried to plead with the unpredictable U.S. president, who firmly believed that it was a pragmatic course of action.
Now the Prime Minister is facing a situation where two British allies are at Loge Heid in the most open and angry ways.
Regarding the exact nature of Sir Kyle’s two calls on Friday night, sources were nervous and very aware of the acute sensitivity of this delicate situation.
But the British diplomatic efforts in recent weeks have at least made these calls possible, allowing Britain to act as a bridge between Kiev and Washington and Washington and Europe.
However, it comes with some political cost. Domestic critics of governments such as Scottish National Party believe Donald Trump invites his second state visit to the UK Should be abolished.
The Sunday summit of European leaders, chaired by the Prime Minister and chaired by President Zelensky, has shaped the crucial ones. Now, it is even more important.
To give you an idea of ​​this, the Minister of Trade Douglas Alexander tells BBC Radio 4 any questions Not only is this the scene in the Oval Office “deeply disturbing and eye-catching” but also the extent to which the most obvious term “represents as “the world we have experienced all of us over the past 80 years,” adding that we are in “unknown waters.”
He also called President Zelensky “the bravest political leader in Europe since Winston Churchill”.
“It’s clear that the free world needs a new leader. Europeans, Europeans must accept this challenge,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat.
But that’s the key. Does Europe have the ability?
At the heart of the demands of the United Kingdom and others for the United States is that the White House provides security assurances for Ukraine under any peace agreement.
Britain hopes this calculates the air cover. This will be at any time any president, with the danger of escalating conflict with Russia.
But it was a huge demand from a president who made it clear that he had no appetite for American foreign military adventures.
This brings us to this weekend, with President Zelensky joining his European allies in the UK.
There is a huge danger.
