LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has invited greater than a dozen European and EU leaders to a Sunday (Mar 2) summit to “drive ahead” motion on Ukraine and safety, his workplace mentioned.
Forward of the primary summit, Starmer will chair a morning name with Baltic nations, earlier than welcoming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Downing Road to debate the warfare with Russia, it mentioned on Friday.
“The prime minister will use the summit to drive ahead European motion on Ukraine – signalling our collective unwavering assist to securing a simply and enduring peace, and an enduring deal, that ensures Ukraine’s future sovereignty and safety,” his workplace mentioned.
Leaders from round continental Europe, together with France, Germany, Denmark and Italy in addition to Turkey, NATO and the European Union have been invited to the summit in London afterward Sunday, his workplace added.
Contemporary from his Thursday talks with US President Donald Trump within the White Home, Starmer has additionally invited the leaders of the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Romania to the summit.
NATO chief Mark Rutte in addition to EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa are additionally on account of attend.
Starmer will host one-on-one talks at Downing Road with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier than the summit begins.
His workplace mentioned the assembly would construct on the Paris talks hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this month and deal with “strengthening Ukraine’s place now – together with ongoing army assist and elevated financial strain on Russia”.
