Keir Starmer provides a fresh diplomatic boost for Ukrainian peace plan

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Sir Keir Starmer said that 20 countries and European officials are interested in creating a “wishing coalition” to support Ukraine after any ceasefire.

A group of countries said, “Basically European and Joint Partners”, this week has held this week because this week has taken a reconciliation in the war in Ukraine, it happened to provide a peace with Russia.

British officials refused to call the countries involved in the negotiations. “It’s still an early stages and the situation is very liquid,” he said, “It added:” This is a positive step. “

Last Sunday, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was mainly guaranteed to negotiate the “wishing” coalition to support the leaders of the European country to Ukraine.

Britain and France have offered to send troops to Ukraine to provide any reconciliation, and Starmer said that others are preparing to join a multinational force in the country.

This week, after 20 countries, the expansion of the coalition was signs after 20 countries. People informed the talks that the participants were usually said that the officials of the Foreign Affairs at the level of political director.

Negotiations are on the meeting of the heads of defense in Paris next week, which has reported that one of these meetings are “security guarantees and countries inhabited by the same countries.”

British officials said that calling countries want to ensure the safety of peace in Ukraine, all this is not true to join the British / French-French LED power.

The Union of the Union, which took part in the London Negotiations on Sunday, was interested in joining the “wishing” coalition “in Ukraine to provide any reconciliation in Ukraine.

Starmer called video with the leaders of the three Baltic countries on Sunday. British officials refused to say that he was represented at the last match.

The Prime Minister of England is working closely with French President Emmanuel MACMAN, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump is preparing a peace plan to prepare a peace plan.

European diplomats, what will happen next, but “things will be able to move very fast,” they said they expect to be “Another Zelenskyy-Trump-fashion”.

Zelenskyy said he now wanted to close a mineral agreement to the United States and work with Trump in a peace plan. Starmer and Macron also called on the President of Ukraine to reconstruct Trump with Trump in the Oval Office last week.

The talks were informed that Zelenskyy was better to go to Washington with the yellow and Macron or not to return to Washington in this elegant stage, it could be better.

“It can be a phone call from Zelenskyy,” said a European diplomat. “There are many conversations that are currently ongoing. It is not clear when the Starmer and the macroe can return to Washington or to be Zelenskyy with them.”

British officials, the immediate goal for Starmer is to ensure that the conflict of the British Prime Minister, the conversion of the “game change” for the thought of the Republican Party.

“Britain has more rods than the British, the British is more rods – but the best double movement. Americans should know that the British pressure against Ukraine.

Hope in London, once Zelenskyy signed a contract of minerals, Trump will then pressure Vladimir Putin to agree to the ceasefire. “Russians will flirt them around the pussyfoot,” said a European diplomat.

Russia said that European troops are against any agreement that allows European troops to act as peacekeepers in Ukraine.

Ireland, who is a neutral and a long time peacekeeper, said “You will not find what you want” In any European peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. Previously Thursday Starmer and Taoiseach Micheál Martin agreed External and security work and military training, as well as more work on energy and marine safety.

UK Defense Secretary John Healey, Thursday, the US counterpart Pete Hegseth, as it is ready to maintain peace, but as “rear support”, the United States needs the military cape.

Some European diplomats are concerned that the fact that Trump does not agree to this point, the lack of a dilemma due to the lack of a peacekeeping force in all peacekeeping force is concerned.

Starmer won the plumbets with the political spectrum of Starmer, including a visit to the White House last week – and a British observer, a British observer interested in the two leaders.

“When the Prime Minister really focuses on something that is noticeable and decisive,” he said. “He discourages a little risky and personality, but it works for Trump.

“The Prime Minister listens to him, he does not try to collect or take the last word, but his arguments are trying to achieve a quiet and measured way.”

Additional report in Jude Webber’s Dublin