'Viable chance' of ceasefire in Ukraine thanks to Trump, says Starmer
Donald Trump’s interventions over the Ukraine war have created a ‘viable’ chance of a ceasefire but the UK stands ready to ‘increase pressure’ on Russia if necessary, Keir Starmer has said.
In a call with allies on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said the meeting between the US president and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ‘hugely important’ with the prospect of a truce in sight.
Co-chairing a meeting of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing’ a European-led effort to prepare a peacekeeping force to monitor any potential ceasefire in Ukraine Keir said: ‘This meeting on Friday that President Trump is attending is hugely important.
‘As I’ve said firstly to President Trump for the three-and-a-bit years this conflict has been going on, we haven’t got anywhere near a prospect of actually a viable solution, a viable way of bringing it to a ceasefire.
‘And now we have that chance, because of the work of the president.’
By Nina Lloyd, PA Political Correspondent
source: PA
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