RT-Engels: 05-01-2025,
The British prime minister is expected to travel to the US in late January or early February, the paper has said
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will try to persuade US President-elect Donald Trump to maintain Washington’s support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, The Times has reported.
According to Downing Street, Starmer could visit the White House in “late January, early February,” a few weeks after Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the paper said in an article on Saturday.
According to the report, while in Washington, the British prime minister will “strongly urge” the incoming US president, who earlier pledged to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, to keep sending weapons to Kiev.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly claimed that he would end the fighting within a day of returning to the White House, and criticized the administration of US President Joe Biden for spending too much money on arming Ukraine. According to some reports, he could try using American aid to Kiev as leverage to force Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to enter peace negotiations.
The Russian authorities have said they are ready for talks with Trump on settling the Ukraine conflict, but only if those negotiations recognize the situation on the ground.
Moscow also has repeatedly condemned military support provided to Ukraine by the US, UK and other Western nations, arguing that it only prolongs the fighting and increases the chance of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.