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British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer accepted Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the levels of the Downing Street when he started an attempt to strengthen the Ukrainian president after his explosive encounter with Donald Trump.
After the but-up in the Oval Office on Friday, Starrer spoke to Trump and Zelenskyy on Friday and asked them to resume the talks, including the conclusion of a business so that the USA can share some of the mineral assets of Ukraine.
On Saturday, Starrer Zelenskyy gave public support for the support that the members greeted when he arrived in the downing street and told him that he had the “full support” of the UK.
“You have heard that people in the United Kingdom come out to demonstrate how much they support them and that we are absolutely determined to stand with them,” Starrer said before private conversations.
Zelenskyy’s reception in the Downing Street stood in a clear contrast to his enemy encounter with Trump the day before in the White House. The Ukrainian President, who will meet King Charles on Sunday, said to Starrer: “We are on your support”.
Straiters will organize 14 European leaders in London on Sunday to collect military and financial support for Ukraine, including the provision of help to ensure peace with Russia.
The British Prime Minister, who has already offered to put British troops on site after a armistice in Ukraine, hopes that several other European nations will follow according to the European diplomats.
Zelenskyy will impress rigidly during the meeting on Saturday that he first has to take the relationship with Trump in his hand and that every peace will not be taken unless he is guaranteed by the United States, said British civil servants.
“The priority of the Prime Minister is to do everything to defend Ukraine,” said an ally of Starrer. “This means that the USA must be involved. You have to fix this relationship and return to the mineral contract. “
France has also offered troops to secure peace in Ukraine. Starer and French President Emmanuel Macron will try to gala a muscular European reaction on Sunday seats.
A British officer suggested that other European leaders would use their money where her mouth was: “What Ukraine now needs are weapons and butter. There are no people who tweet and virtue signals. “
Starrer wants Europe to put Ukraine into a strong position for discussions with Russia – including the armament of Kyiv and hardening sanctions against Moscow – and creates a sustainable plan to secure a peace agreement.
The British Prime Minister held warm talks with Trump-Nur 24 hours before Zelenskyy came together with an angry US president and Vice President JD Vance on Thursday.
British civil servants do not believe that Starer’s efforts were free or that he was played by the US President in any way. One said: “Our relationship with the president is better than the beginning of the week and that is important.
“What happened to Zelenskyy in the Oval Office makes it even more important than ever that the Prime Minister and Macron went into the White House.
“Ukraine needs armor, food, long-term peace and security guarantees. And for that they need the USA. People can tweet what they want, but there is no other plan. “
Another British official said: “The Prime Minister will bring people together and politely make sure that there is only one negotiation in the city – and that is that of President Trump.”
The Downing Street expects the participants at the Sunday summit Olaf Scholz from Germany, Giorgia Meloni from Italy and Donald Tusk from Poland as well as Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President, and Mark Rutte, NATO General Secretary.
The summit takes place in the Lancaster House, a manor house from the 19th century near the Buckingham Palace in the center of London. Starer will also keep calls to the leaders of the three Baltic states.
A French official said last week that early signs of Great Britain and France would probably provide the greatest contingents in every stabilization force after stabilization, but there could be help from some of the Baltic States and possibly Sweden.
Germany and Poland, both of whom support Ukraine, are among the countries that have not previously offered to send troops to the war country to achieve a peace agreement.
