Starmer At White House Expresses Hope For Real Progress On Security Guarantees For Ukraine

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to an Ukrinform correspondent, the British Prime Minister made this statement at the start of an expanded meeting at the White House, attended by the presidents of the United States and Ukraine, as well as European leaders.

“I think this is such an important meeting. As a group, I think we've had a discussion on the phone a number of times, Mr. President, to be able now to be around the table to take it forward, and I really feel that we can, I think, with the right approach this afternoon, make real progress, particularly on the security guarantees. And your indication of security guarantees, of some sort of Article 5-style guarantees, fits with what we've been doing with the Coalition of the Willing, which we started some months ago, bringing countries together and showing that we were prepared to step up to the plate when it came to security,” he said.

The British Prime Minister expressed confidence that this meeting in Washington could mark a“historic step” forward.

“With you coming alongside the U.S., alongside what we've already developed, I think we could take a really important step forward today, a historic step, actually, to come out of this meeting in terms of security for Ukraine and security in Europe,” Starmer noted.

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He pointed to the possibility of achieving real progress towards“a fair and lasting outcome”.

“Obviously, that has to involve Ukraine, and a trilateral meeting seems the sensible next step. So thank you for being prepared to take that forward, because I think if we can ensure that that is the progress out of this meeting, both security guarantees and some sort of progress on trilateral meeting of some sort, to bring some of the difficult issues to a head, then I think today will be seen as a very important day in recent years in relation to a conflict which has gone on for three and a bit years,” the British Prime Minister said.

As reported by Ukrinform, an expanded meeting begun at the White House, bringing together the presidents of the United States and Ukraine along with top European leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, French President Emmanuel Macron, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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