British Prime Minister Keir Starmer demands "a lasting, honest and just peace" in Ukraine before a key summit in Washington DC. In a short movie recorded on the plane on the way to the U.S. capital, the head of the British government stressed that the war that had lasted for more than 3 years had had a immense impact not only on Ukrainians, but besides on Europe and all household in the UK.
Starmer announced that he and another European leaders wanted to "talk this case face to face with president Trump and president Zelenski". The Prime Minister stressed that "everyone wants it to end, and the Ukrainians especially".
A historical summit in Washington DC
The gathering was scheduled for Monday evening Polish time, according to onet.pl. The European delegation will be attended by Ursula von der Leyen, Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Alexander Stubb, Mark Rutte, Giorgia Meloni and Starmer, but Poland is notable, reports onet.pl.
The summit will be structured as a bilateral Trump-Zelenski meeting, followed by a multilateral lunch with European leaders, according to onet.pl. The gathering follows the Friday gathering of Trump-Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, which gives him peculiar geopolitical importance, as onet.pl says.
Pressure on territorial concessions
Trump may request Ukraine to recognise the business of Crimea and to stay outside NATO, as reported by onet.pl. European leaders privately admit that Ukraine will lose its territories despite public statements on territorial integrity, informs onet.pl.
The United States is considering safety guarantees akin to Article 5 of NATO as an alternate to Ukraine's full membership of the Alliance, as reported by rp.pl. For Europe, this is an chance to preserve the impact on the improvement of the solution to the Ukrainian conflict in the context of the fresh American administration, informs wp.pl.
Economic scenarios
Economists VeloBank identified 3 possible scenarios for ending the conflict, each with circumstantial implications for financial markets, according to businessinsider.com.pl. The gathering has unprecedented weight from the summit on the invasion of Iraq 22 years ago.
Sources used: "PAP", "onet.pl", "rp.pl", "wp.pl", "businessinsider.com.pl"
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