Sir Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to face by Ukraine with a safety assure as he warned a nasty peace deal could be a “disaster for everyone”.
The prime minister is because of meet the US president for talks in Washington DC subsequent week amid fragile relations between America and Europe after Mr Trump launched a verbal assault on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The US president known as Ukraine’s chief a “dictator” on Wednesday and later mentioned Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron, each of whom will go to the White Home within the coming days, “haven’t done anything” to finish the conflict.
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Sir Keir Starmer met with European leaders in Paris on Monday to debate Ukraine. Pic: Reuters
Sir Keir mentioned a very good peace “can only be won through strength” and Ukraine “must have a voice in negotiations about its future”.
And he warned {that a} “peace deal which does not stop Putin from attacking again would be a disaster for everyone”.
Writing in The Solar on Sunday, he mentioned Kyiv wants sturdy safety ensures “so the peace will last” and America “must be part of that guarantee”.
This might imply offering air defence and a promise that the US will come to the help of a NATO nation if Russia assaults them, the paper reported.
Thus far, talks aimed toward ending the conflict have been going down between US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia, which haven’t included the Ukrainians.
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has mentioned “any negotiations about Ukraine cannot happen without Ukraine. We all want the fighting to end, but an insecure peace risks more war”.
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‘Flip the screws’ on Russia
The third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is on Monday.
International Secretary David Lammy has mentioned he’ll unveil new sanctions to “turn the screws” on Russia on Monday to coincide with the anniversary.
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Sir Keir additionally mentioned the UK should improve its defence spending and play a much bigger position in NATO.
And he’s open to British troops enjoying a task in any European pressure in Ukraine after a peace settlement.
He added: “This is not something I say lightly.”
Sir Keir, together with different European allies and UK opposition events, has backed Mr Zelensky as a “democratically elected leader”.
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Additionally, Washington has warned that Europe should shoulder extra of the price of its personal safety.
Sir Keir is anticipated to make use of his upcoming journey to the US to verify a timeline to lift UK defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of gross home product (GDP) in a bid to ease tensions.
It comes amid strain from defence chiefs and opposition critics together with Tory chief Kemi Badenoch, who wrote to the prime minister on Saturday demanding he set out a plan for assembly the goal.
