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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will not mention the latter’s controversial comments about Ukraine and its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his meeting with US President Donald Trump.
This was reported by The Guardian.
According to an unnamed British government official, Starmer will seek to “focus on the future rather than reopen the controversies that have arisen in recent days” during his meeting with Trump.
“If the president asks for our opinion, we will give it, in line with the statements we have made. But it’s always better to focus on the future than to try to revisit arguments from the past,” he added.
Another British official emphasized that Starmer will take a fundamentally different approach than French President Emmanuel Macron, who wants to urge Trump not to show weakness to Putin.
“Macron will represent the European Union there. Our role is a little bit different – we want to play the role of a bridge between the US and Europe,” the source explained London’s logic.
These comments reflect Starmer’s broader approach to working with Trump, which is to avoid commenting on his frequent controversies and instead focus on the goals of protecting Ukraine and avoiding trade tariffs.
Starmer’s trip comes at a time when European leaders are expressing concern about being left out of US-Russia talks and the tone of Trump’s recent remarks on Ukraine.
Earlier, the British Prime Minister defended Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Trump called him a “dictator.”
According to media reports, the British prime minister will also bring the American president a plan to deploy fewer than 30,000 European troops to Ukraine to try to provide American protection for the deployment.
