Trump administration news: President says Ukraine peace proposal isn’t his ‘final offer’ ahead of key talks
Ukraine’s allies will discuss the US-drafted peace plan on the sidelines of the G20 summit today amid alarm over the proposals, which are widely seen as favoring Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.
“Ukraine’s friends and partners will meet in the margins of the G20 summit to discuss how we can secure a full ceasefire and create the space for meaningful peace negotiations,” Starmer said in a statement released by the UK government ahead of the talks.
“We will discuss the current proposal on the table, and in support of President Trump’s push for peace, look at how we can strengthen this plan for the next phase of negotiations.”
We’ll bring you any significant developments from these meetings when we get them.
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said on X that she sat down for talks with Starmer ahead of the summit.
“The situation regarding Ukraine right now a clear reminder of why that matters,” von der Leyen said.
For context: The summit, which is being held today and Sunday, marks the first taking place in Africa. It will be attended by leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva but the US will be absent.
Trump wrote in a social media post on Friday that the US would boycott the event due to South African “human rights abuses” against Afrikaners, an ethnic group descended mostly from Dutch settlers, as well as German, French and British immigrants to South Africa, claims strongly disputed by the South African government.
