Britain’s ambassador to the United States has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should offer his total support to Donald Trump’s peace intiative.
In an interview on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Lord Peter Mandelson said that Zelensky must also sign the mineral rights deal that the U.S. and Ukraine had previously been working on.
Mandelson explained:
We need a very radical reset and it has to consist of the United States and Ukraine getting back on the same page, and President Zelensky giving his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to end the war and to bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine.
And the Europeans, too, they need to back the cause for a ceasefire. And by the way I think that Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow.
And then as part of the unfolding plan for this negotiation, the Europeans and perhaps some other countries too have got to consider how they are going to put forces on the ground to play their part in providing enduring security and deterrence for Ukraine.
That is the reset we are looking for and that’s what the British prime minister is working for in his meeting in London today.
Stephanopoulos then asked whether Mandelson believes the Ukrainians need to come forward and show initiative in pursuing a peace deal.
To which Mandelson responded:
After what happened on Friday, it is clear that we need to bring the United States and Ukraine back together again. And I think the first thing President Zelensky can do is make clear his committment to the iniative that President Trump is taking.
I do think it would be a good idea if he signed the economic and commercial deal put forward by the United States.
The reason I say that is quite apart from the economic gain that Ukraine will derive from that, it will also give the United States a stake in Ukraine’s future.
It’s the only show in town. It’s the only negotiation available and it’s got to be made to work. That’s what we in Britain are very committed to help bring about.
Watch the full clip below:
NEW: British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson says Zelensky must give “his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to end the war.”
“And the Europeans, too, they need to back the cause for a ceasefire.”
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His comments come in the wake of the shocking bust-up between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday, where Trump accused him of gambling with the prospect of a World War Three.
After being expelled from the White House, Zelensky flew to Europe to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders.
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