Leaders from Europe, Canada and Turkey meet in London Ukraine summit
The UK prime minister hosted over a dozen European leaders plus delegates from Canada and Turkey for crunch talks on Ukraine’s future. .
ADVERTISEMENTSir Keir Starmer led discussions with over a dozen international leaders invited to London on Sunday for a summit aimed at reviving hopes for a just peace in Ukraine, after which he hailed a four step plan to secure the defence of Ukraine.
Leaders of Ukraine, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Canada, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Romania, as well as the Turkish Foreign Minister, participated in central London’s Lancaster House.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte were also at the table in London.
Ahead of the summit, Starmer said the UK and France would take the lead in drafting a proposed ceasefire plan with Ukraine to be presented to US President Donald Trump.
He has previously expressed willingness to send British troops as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, but wants US military backing in the form of a ‘backstop’ should Russia break the terms of the ceasefire. But he failed to secure such American assurances during his visit to the White House on Thursday.
Johanna Urbancik, Shona Murray, Evelyn Dom, Sasha Vakulina, Maia de la Baume, Jorge Liboreiro, and Romane Armangau also participated in the coverage.
