Starmer to speak to Trump about Ukraine plan challenged by Kyiv’s allies

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Sir Keir Starmer has said he will talk to Donald Trump about his peace plan, which Ukraine’s allies have said needs revision, “in the coming days”.The Prime Minister also expects to speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later on Saturday, a day before US, Ukrainian and European national security advisers (NSAs) gather in Switzerland to “go through quite a bit of detail” of the framework.Sir Keir and other international leaders have pushed back against the US-drafted plan for Ukraine, raising concerns about proposals to make Kyiv limit its armed forces and give up territory and its path to Nato membership.

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00:00Prime Minister, there have been very fast-moving events around a Ukraine deal in the past couple of days

00:05and a very tight deadline for agreements set by President Trump.

00:09What are your next steps?

00:12Well, the plan, the 28-point plan, has a number of important elements

00:18which are essential to a just and lasting peace, and that's what we all want.

00:23There is more to do on the plan,

00:25and we've had a meeting this afternoon of like-minded leaders from the Coalition of the Willing,

00:31who are here on June 20, to engage on that.

00:35And tomorrow in Geneva, there'll be a meeting of senior US personnel, of the Ukrainians,

00:41and of NSA's National Security Advisors from Europe,

00:45including my National Security Advisor, to take things further forward.

00:49And have you spoken to President Trump yet about this peace plan, personally?

00:53I talk to President Trump frequently, and I'm expecting to talk to him again in coming days.

01:01But, look, there's been a lot of discussion in the last few days at the European level with the Ukrainians.

01:06It is fast-moving, as you say.

01:08I think the focus very much now is on Geneva tomorrow,

01:13and whether we can make progress tomorrow morning.

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