British defence minister John Healey will meet U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday to debate a peace plan for Ukraine, Britain’s ministry of defence stated.
Healey’s go to comes as European leaders race to attract up a peace plan to current to Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump paused navy support to Ukraine on Monday following a fallout with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
After conferences with world leaders on the weekend, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated he would proceed to talk with buddies and allies to safe a path to an enduring peace.
“We are going to advance that work in Washington over the approaching days,” Healey stated in an announcement on Wednesday.
Starmer met Trump final week in Washington to debate how you can ship what each leaders described as “a safe and lasting peace in Ukraine”. Upon his return he hosted leaders together with Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron, who agreed to attract up a peace plan.
Whereas most leaders didn’t present particulars, Macron stated that the plan would contain a one-month ceasefire that might apply to air and sea assaults however to not floor fight.
On Monday, nevertheless, British armed forces minister Luke Pollard declined to substantiate the concepts aired by Macron, saying: “That’s not a plan that we presently recognise.”
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In an bid to restore relations with Trump, Zelenskyy on Tuesday stated he was grateful for the U.S. assist within the warfare towards Russia and he was able to work beneath the U.S. president’s management to carry lasting peace.
Starmer spoke by cellphone with Zelenskyy on Tuesday and hailed the Ukrainian president’s steadfast dedication to securing a peace deal, telling him “it was important that every one events work in direction of an enduring and safe peace for Ukraine as quickly as attainable.”
