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Europe, Ukraine urge involvement before Trump-Putin Alaska talks

2025-08-11 09:03:10       source:Global Times

August 10, 2025


European countries scrambled to meet on Saturday and presented a joint statement urging that Ukraine, as well as Europe, shouldn't be left out of the discussion table about the future of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, after it was announced that US President Donald Trump would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska. 

US Vice-President JD Vance and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy hosted a meeting of security officials at Chevening House, a country mansion southeast of London, on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine issue, joined by Ukrainian officials and European national security advisers. The talks are said to have been called at US' request, media reported.

During the meeting, major European countries and Ukraine responded to Putin's ceasefire plan with a counterproposal that they say must "serve as a framework so that coming talks between President Trump and the Russian leader can gain traction," according to European officials familiar with the talks, per the Wall Street Journal.


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