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2025 London Summit on Ukraine

2025 London Summit on Ukraine
Photo of all the participants
Host countryUnited Kingdom
Date2 March 2025
MottoSecuring our future
Venue(s)Lancaster House
CitiesLondon
Participants18 states
ChairKeir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The 2025 London Summit on Ukraine was a meeting of international leaders in London on 2 March 2025, called by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to draft a peace plan for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to take to the United States.[1]

The summit followed the meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in Washington on 28 February 2025 with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance.[2] However, it's important to note that the summit was agreed to before Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the White House.

Aim

The objective of the meeting was to create a "coalition of the willing" in Europe that would be able to present a peace plan for Ukraine.[1]

Participants

According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the participants included, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a number of European and international leaders.[3][4][5]

Country Represented by Title
 Canada Justin Trudeau Prime Minister
 Czech Republic Petr Fiala Prime Minister
 Denmark Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister
 Finland Alexander Stubb President
 France Emmanuel Macron President
 Germany Olaf Scholz Chancellor
 Italy Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister
 Netherlands Dick Schoof Prime Minister
 Norway Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister
 Poland Donald Tusk Prime Minister
 Romania Ilie Bolojan Interim President
 Spain Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister
 Sweden Ulf Kristersson Prime Minister
 Turkey Hakan Fidan Minister of Foreign Affairs
 Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy President
 United Kingdom Keir Starmer (host) Prime Minister

The following people also attended the meeting:[5]

Organisation Represented by Title
 European Union Antonio Costa
Ursula von der Leyen 		President of the European Council
President of the European Commission
 NATO Mark Rutte Secretary general of NATO

Additionally, Starmer spoke to President Alar Karis of Estonia, Prime Minister Evika Siliņa of Latvia and President Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania by telephone prior to the meeting commencing.[6]

Outcomes

See also: Coalition of the willing (Russo-Ukrainian War)

Four point-plan

In a press conference that followed the London summit, Starmer outlined four key outcomes:

  1. Commitment to maintaining the flow of military aid to Ukraine while increasing economic pressure on Russia through sanctions and other measures
  2. Affirming that any lasting peace agreement must ensure the sovereignty and security of Ukraine, with Ukraine being present at all peace negotiations
  3. Pledging to enhance Ukraine's defensive military capabilities following any peace deal to deter potential future invasions
  4. Development of a "coalition of the willing" consisting of multiple nations prepared to defend the terms of any peace agreement and guarantee Ukraine's security afterward

Commitments

As part of the announcement, Starmer committed £1.6 billion (€1.94 billion) in UK export finances to purchase more than 5,000 air defense missiles for Ukraine.[7] The missiles will be manufactured in Belfast in Northern Ireland.[7] This complemented a previously announced £2.2 billion (€2.42 billion) loan for military aid to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets.[8][9]

Starmer emphasized that European nations would need to take primary responsibility for the initiative and "do the heavy lifting"[7] and that the agreement would require US backing and Russian involvement. He indicated that the United Kingdom would back its security commitments with "boots on the ground, and planes in the air,"[7] regarding the possibility of UK and EU direct military presence in Ukraine to carry out a peace enforcement operation.

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen emphasized the "urgent need to re-arm Europe,"[10] to support such security guarantees after "a long time of underinvestment".[10] She suggested that the European Union might need to ease its fiscal rules regarding national debt to facilitate increased defense spending by member states.

Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte echoed this sentiment, noting that the meeting demonstrated European nations "stepping up" to ensure Ukraine has the resources necessary to "stay in the fight as long as it has to continue".[11]

Right after the meeting, Finland's president Stubb said that Norway and Finland are working in support of the drafting of the UK-France-Ukraine peace plan. In addition, he said that the role of the countries that are Russia's neighbours will be different from providing peacekeeping troops.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Piper, Elizabeth; Holton, Kate; Macaskill, Andrew (2 March 2025). "UK's Starmer calls on Europe to step up to secure Ukraine peace". Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ^ Baker, Peter (28 February 2025). "Tempers flare before Zelensky abruptly departs the White House without signing a minerals deal". New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  3. ^ Hodunova, Kateryna (28 March 2025). "Starmer invites Zelensky, other leaders to summit on Ukraine, security on March 2". Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  4. ^ Le Couteur, Mike (2 March 2025). "U.S. must be engaged in Ukraine security: Canadian envoy". CTV News. Bell Media. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Ukraine summit 'once in a generation' moment for European security, says Starmer". Agence France-Presse. Le Monde. AP. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  6. ^ "PM call with leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: 2 March 2025". Prime Minister's Office. GOV.UK. UK Government. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d McKiernan, Jennifer (2 March 2025). "Keir Starmer announces £1.6bn missile deal for Ukraine". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  8. ^ Beale, Jonathan (22 October 2024). "UK to boost Ukraine funding using £2bn from seized Russian assets". BBC News. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Ukraine war latest: Europe developing 'coalition of the willing' to back ceasefire in Ukraine, Starmer says". Kyiv Independent. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Europe must urgently rearm, EU's Von der Leyen says". Reuters. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  11. ^ Wong, Vicky (2 March 2025). "Starmer announces 'coalition of the willing' to guarantee Ukraine peace". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  12. ^ Koivistoinen, Viivi; Mäklin, Elsa (2 March 2025). "Stubb: Suomi on mukana Ukrainan rauhansuunnitelman laatimisessa" [Stubb: Finland is involved in drawing up the Ukraine peace plan]. Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 March 2025.
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