UK, France, Ukraine Agree to Work on Cease-Fire Plan to Present to US

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Starmer added that โ€˜Intense discussionsโ€™ to obtain a security guarantee from the United States are one of the three components of lasting peace.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on March 2 that Britain, France, and Ukraine are working on a cease-fire plan to present to the United States as he prepares to host European leaders in discussions to end the Russiaโ€“Ukraine war.

Starmerโ€™s Sunday summit of leaders stands in contrast to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyyโ€™s meeting in the White House on Friday, during which U.S. President Donald Trump scolded him for not being ready for peace and not being grateful for Americaโ€™s support in his nationโ€™s defense against Russiaโ€™s three-year-long invasion.

Starmer said heโ€™s working on restoring discussions of peace and is using Fridayโ€™s breakdown as an opportunity to re-engage with Trump, Zelenskyy, and French President Emmanuel Macron rather than โ€œramp up the rhetoric.โ€

โ€œWeโ€™ve now agreed that the United Kingdom, along with France and possibly one or two others, will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, and then weโ€™ll discuss that plan with the United States,โ€ Starmer told the BBC, adding that he and Macron have both spoken to Trump since the latterโ€™s meeting with Zelenskyy.

At Sundayโ€™s summit, European leaders will look toward shoring up the continentsโ€™ defenses in defending Ukraine, including discussions to create a European military force to send to the war-torn country to cap a cease-fire. Starmer suggested the military force would include a โ€œcoalition of the willing.โ€

While he does not trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, Starmer said he trusts Trump.

โ€œDo I believe Donald Trump when he says he wants lasting peace? The answer to that is yes,โ€ he said.

Starmer added that โ€œintense discussionsโ€ to obtain a security guarantee from the United States are one of the three components of lasting peace.

โ€œIf there is to be a deal, if there is to be a stopping of the fighting, then that agreement has to be defended, because the worst of all outcomes is that there is a temporary pause, and then Putin comes again,โ€ Starmer said. โ€œThat has happened in the past. I think it is a real risk, and that is why we must ensure that if thereโ€™s a deal, it is a lasting deal, not a temporary pause.โ€

Byย Jacob Burg

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