{"id":187164,"date":"2024-12-03T02:49:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/significant-shift-as-starmer-says-ukraine-must-be-in-strongest-possible-position-for-negotiations\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T02:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:49:04","slug":"significant-shift-as-starmer-says-ukraine-must-be-in-strongest-possible-position-for-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/significant-shift-as-starmer-says-ukraine-must-be-in-strongest-possible-position-for-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant shift as Starmer says Ukraine must be in ‘strongest possible position for negotiations’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sir Keir Starmer has for the first time said it was British policy to “put Ukraine in the strongest possible position for negotiations”.<\/p>\n

During a speech at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in London on Monday, the prime minister<\/strong><\/a> said he wants Ukraine<\/strong><\/a> to be in a position of strength “so they can secure a just and lasting peace on their terms that guarantees their security, independence – and right to choose their own future”.<\/p>\n

But make no mistake. This is a significant shift.<\/p>\n

Only last month, both Sir Keir and French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong><\/a> were promising to “support Ukraine unwaveringly and for as long as necessary to thwart Russia’s war of aggression”.<\/p>\n

War latest: Things ‘look bad’ for Ukraine, key figure admits<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In the summer, his predecessor Rishi Sunak<\/strong><\/a> stated British policy on Ukraine was based on the principle that “aggression cannot and will not prevail” while also talking of a just and lasting peace “based on international law and the UN charter”.<\/p>\n

If negotiations happen and settle on some kind of compromise, as they always do, Russian aggression will have prevailed to some extent at least.<\/p>\n

If Russia<\/strong><\/a>, as many seem to expect, walks away with de facto control of at least part of the chunk of Ukraine it has taken by force and wins a commitment Ukraine will not join NATO for the foreseeable future, Vladimir Putin<\/strong><\/a> will have been vindicated, at least in part.<\/p>\n

His decision to wield naked unprovoked brutal aggression against a neighbour will have achieved some of its ends.<\/p>\n

That Western leaders are now talking about negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will, say critics, be a sign of their abject failure to “thwart Russian aggression”.<\/p>\n

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The West failed to deter Russia from invading Ukraine, hoping the threat of “swift punitive” financial sanctions would suffice.<\/p>\n

Then it failed to act with sufficient urgency and unity to help Ukraine repel that invasion.<\/p>\n

Western leaders seem ready to accept inevitability of negotiations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia may be reaching the limit of its ability to support a war it is undoubtedly winning, drafting in North Korean and Yemeni troops to avoid an unpopular second mobilisation of Russians. And with inflation soaring the Russian economy is creaking.<\/p>\n

But US President-elect Donald Trump seems determined to press on and expedite negotiations and other leaders, including Ukraine’s own and now Britain’s, seem ready to accept their inevitability.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir gave the impression negotiations were around the corner. That could be jumping the gun. We have no idea when they will start, if they do.<\/p>\n

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For some, Sir Keir’s words will be overhasty.<\/p>\n

Many would prefer Europe to hold the line even if the US is about to walk away from giving Ukraine the military support it has relied on for two years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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