{"id":43721,"date":"2025-02-16T22:14:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T03:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/starmer-offers-to-send-u-k-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-deal\/16\/02\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T22:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T03:14:49","slug":"starmer-offers-to-send-u-k-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/starmer-offers-to-send-u-k-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-deal\/16\/02\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer Offers to Send U.K. Troops to Ukraine as Part of Peace Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday offered British troops to help guarantee Ukraine\u2019s security as part of any peace deal, as he and other European leaders rushed to coordinate a response to President Trump\u2019s opening of talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2025\/02\/16\/sir-keir-starmer-british-troops-ukraine\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an article published in The Daily Telegraph<\/a> on Sunday, Mr. Starmer wrote that he was \u201cready and willing to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by putting our own troops on the ground if necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was the first time Mr. Starmer had explicitly said that he was considering sending British troops to Ukraine. It came on the eve of an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday, to formulate a response to Mr. Trump\u2019s push for a settlement \u2014 one that appeared to leave Europe and Ukraine with no clear role in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the article, Mr. Starmer wrote that he was not committing British troops lightly. But \u201csecuring a lasting peace in Ukraine that safeguards its sovereignty for the long term is essential if we are to deter Putin from further aggression in the future,\u201d he wrote, referring to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe end of this war, when it comes, cannot merely become a temporary pause before Putin attacks again,\u201d Mr. Starmer added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">American and Russian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia this week for the start of talks aimed at ending the war. The discussions are said to be preliminary. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that if an opportunity presented itself for a \u201cbroader conversation,\u201d it would include Ukraine and Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the talks underscore that Mr. Trump has an accelerated timetable for reaching a deal to end the war and that he appears determined to conduct negotiations with Russia bilaterally, at least for now. Ukraine confirmed on Sunday that it would not take part in the discussions in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The meeting in Paris on Monday will include Mr. Starmer and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, as well as top officials of the European Union and NATO. The leaders say they will discuss the war and European security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Starmer wrote in his article that he would urge the other leaders to increase military spending and take on a greater role in NATO. He added that Ukraine\u2019s path to joining NATO was \u201cirreversible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Starmer, who is expected to meet with President Trump in the coming weeks, wrote that Europe and the United States must continue to work closely to secure a lasting peace deal. \u201cA U.S. security guarantee is essential for a lasting peace, because only the U.S. can deter Putin from attacking again,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/16\/world\/europe\/uk-keir-starmer-troops-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday offered British troops to help guarantee Ukraine&rsquo;s security as part of any peace deal, as he<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/starmer-offers-to-send-u-k-troops-to-ukraine-as-part-of-peace-deal\/16\/02\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}