British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, received President Volodimir Zelenski on Saturday with a warm hug After the Ukrainian leader flew to London to talk after his confrontation at the White House with US President Donald Trump.
In an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump threatened to withdraw Ukraine support three years after Russia invaded his smallest neighbor.
In London, a crowd chew when Zelenski arrived to talk with Starmer in his Downing Street office, before a summit of European leaders attended by the Ukrainian President on Sunday to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine.
“I hope you heard something of that ovation on the street. They are the people of the United Kingdom who goes out to show how much support you … And our absolute determination of being with you“Starmer told him.
He added that he had “full support throughout the United Kingdom.” “We are with you and with Ukraine as long as necessary,” said Starmer.
Other European leaders issued messages of support to Zelenski and Ukraine shortly after the meeting with Trump, highlighting an important gap between the traditional United States and Europe on the war since Trump returned to the presidency.
Starmer spoke with both Trump and Zelenski on Friday and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, also visited Trump in Washington this week.
Zelenski also plans King Carlos on Sunday. The British newspaper Sun said the meeting would take place on the monarch farm in Sandringham, east of England.
“I am very happy that his majesty the king has accepted my meeting tomorrow“, Zelenski said to Starmer at the beginning of his meeting.
The United Kingdom has been a firm defender of Ukraine and Carlos had already expressed his support for Zelenski, Speaking of the “determination and strength” of the Ukrainian people before the attack not caused by Russia.
During his visit to the White House, Starmer gave Trump a written invitation of the king for a state visit, which would make the US president the first elected political leader of modern times to be received in two state visits by a British monarch.
