British premier Keir Starmer opened a virtual meeting with about 25 allies of the so-called “coalition of the willing” Anglo-French guidance (including Giorgia Meloni for Italy) reaffirming the need to support Ukraine and pressure on Russia.
The allied countries of Ukraine – said Starmer – “cannot simply wait” that Vladimir Putin sit at the peace table to start “serious discussions”. «We – he insisted – we have to look forward and advance by preparing ourselves to a peace that is safe and can last. Which means strengthening the defense of Ukraine but also being ourselves ready to defend a possible agreement through the tool of a coalition of the willing “.
“Vladimir Putin sooner or later will have to sit at the table” of peace, he said. Meloni, who has heard British Premier Keir Starmer in these hours, participates in the call with London Where several international leaders of the “willing” coalition will also be connected committed to guaranteeing Kiev’s safety. It is learned in international diplomatic environments. The president will reiterate the positions already expressed in these days on this topic.
The video message
Stormer Meanwhile he had released a message in view of the virtual meeting he convened with the leaders “committed to guaranteeing Kiev’s security after any peace with Moscow, With the participation of about 25 leaders of various European countries, of Australia, New Zealand, as well as of Volodymyr Zelensky. Starmer accuses Vladimir Putin of not having shown himself “serious on peace” and evokes new “pressures” to push him to stop “Making games on the level of President TrumP “for a respite.
“The people of Ukraine can count on us, now more than ever”, It reads this morning on the X profile of the British Prime Minister, under a photograph of Starmer and Zelensky published as a manifesto of the imminent Videocall today.
The virtual meeting is scheduled to have a greater number of participants – albeit not indicated for now a country by country by Downing Street – compared to that of the summit of 2 March held in the presence at the Lancaster House: meeting during which Starmer had presented together with the French president Emmanuel Macron and Zelensky himself the idea of the ‘coalition of the willing’, turning in that case in a total of fifteen European leaders (including Giorgia Meloni for Italy), as well as Canada and the Foreign Minister of Türkiye.
In the introductory message to today’s video-union, the British Prime Minister refers to the desire to give “concreteness to the commitments” of the so-called ‘willing’ on support and on the security guarantees for Kiev.
“We cannot allow President Putin – I state – to play games on the agreement presented by President Trump”. “The total contempt of the Kremlin compared to the proposal of ceases the fire of President Trump – continues Starmer – only serves to demonstrate how Putin is not serious about peace”. Then moving on to the objectives of the Allies of Ukraine, Sir Keir says: “If Russia will finally sit at the table (of peace), we must be ready to supervise the ceased to ensure serious and lasting peace. If instead he will not do it, we will have to resort to any vigorous effort to intense the pressure on Russia in order to guarantee the end of this war”.