UK’S STARMER MEETS NATO’S RUTTE IN PARIS FOR UKRAINE TALKS – Presented the outcomes of a series of military planning talks for a possible peacekeeping force.
Sir Keir Starmer is in Paris for a summit of Ukraine’s allies to accuse Vladimir Putin of making “hollow promises” in ceasefire talks.
The Prime Minister is at the meeting of the so-called coalition of the willing hours after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested a European peacekeeping force could “respond” if attacked by Russia.
Sir Keir, who held one-to-one talks with Nato chief Mark Rutte at the gathering, was presenting the outcomes of a series of military planning talks for a possible peacekeeping force.
Officials and defence chiefs have been holding talks at London’s Northwood military headquarters, drawing up a strategy to support Kyiv and deter future aggression from Moscow.
More than 200 military planners from countries across the world met to consider in detail the structure of any future deployment, including proposals for air, sea and land forces.
Number 10 said the Prime Minister will tell allies that “excellent progress” was made and Europe is “mobilising together in pursuit of peace, but now we must keep up the momentum”.
