{"id":352535,"date":"2025-08-17T20:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352535\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:56:18","slug":"european-leaders-to-discuss-potential-security-guarantees-for-ukraine-with-donald-trump-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352535\/","title":{"rendered":"European leaders to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine with Donald Trump \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leaders of Ukraine and several other European states will discuss potential future security guarantees for the war-torn country with US president Donald Trump<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

The meeting follows a summit held in Alaska on Friday between Mr Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin, and claims by a White House envoy that Russia has dropped its opposition to the West providing Nato-style defence pledges to Kyiv.<\/p>\n

Steve Witkoff said: \u201cWe were able to win the following concession: that the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Article 5 clause of Nato\u2019s founding treaty enshrines the principle of collective defence, the notion that an attack on a single member is considered an attack on them all. <\/p>\n

He told US television on Sunday that this is a \u201cgame changing decision\u201d and \u201cthe first time we had ever heard the Russians agree to that\u201d. He did not provide details of what was discussed.<\/p>\n

There are concerns among Ukraine\u2019s supporters that Volodymyr Zelenskiy<\/a> could face significant pressure in Washington on Monday, given his February talks with Mr Trump in the Oval Office descended into a shouting match<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, this time he is expected to be accompanied in Washington by the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, the UK and Finland, along with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump\u2019s relations with European leaders can be prickly, and it is notable that the group includes several who he reportedly likes: Italy\u2019s Giorgia Meloni<\/a>, Britain\u2019s Keir Starmer<\/a>, Finland\u2019s Alexander Stubb and Mr Rutte of Nato.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0The Irish Times view on the Trump-Putin summit: a shameful day in AlaskaOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

European leaders who make up the \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d on Sunday agreed Russia would face more sanctions and wider economic measures if it does not stop its bombardment of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the virtual conference, which was co-chaired by Mr Starmer and French president Emmanuel Macron<\/a>, Mr Zelenskiy said: \u201cIt is important that America agrees to work with Europe to provide security guarantees for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need security to work in practice like Article 5 of Nato,\u201d he said. Mr Zelenskiy said he also considers EU accession to be \u201cpart of the security guarantees\u201d.<\/p>\n

Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, who also participated in Sunday\u2019s conference, said Ukraine needs \u201cstrong, credible, long-term security guarantees\u201d, which means EU membership and sustained support from Europe and the US.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Ukraine has right to make decisions on its territory, says Taoiseach after Trump commentsOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said there will \u201chave to be some security guarantees for Ukraine\u201d because \u201cif this war were to end, they have to make sure this never happens again\u201d.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Trump pressing Ukraine for a quick deal after failed summit is a clear triumph for PutinOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

\u201cFor there (to) be a peace, the Russian side is going to have to accept that Ukraine is a sovereign country that has a right to defend itself and has a right to enter into alliances with other countries to defend itself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat guarantees are built in there that are enforceable, that\u2019s what we\u2019ll be talking about over the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s core demands include Ukraine\u2019s handover of five regions, agreement to abandon its bid to join Nato and acceptance of other limits on its sovereignty. Kyiv says any such deal would amount to capitulation. The Kremlin has previously rejected the prospect of western peacekeepers overseeing a deal to end the war.<\/p>\n

The Alaska summit was widely seen as a victory for Mr Putin, because Mr Trump scrapped a threat to impose more heavy sanctions on Russia and dropped demands for an immediate ceasefire in favour of Moscow\u2019s call for an overarching agreement to end the war.<\/p>\n

After the summit, which was lauded by the Kremlin, Mr Trump publicly urged Kyiv to \u201cmake a deal\u201d while reportedly telling Mr Zelenskiy that Russia was demanding the full withdrawal of Ukraine\u2019s forces from its Donetsk and Luhansk regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The leaders of Ukraine and several other European states will discuss potential future security guarantees for the war-torn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[32,34,2000,299,5187,2440,807,2820,681,332,9041,1220,978,333,20729],"class_list":{"0":"post-352535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-european","13":"tag-giorgia-meloni","14":"tag-keir-starmer","15":"tag-marco-rubio","16":"tag-micheal-martin","17":"tag-russia","18":"tag-ukraine-crisis","19":"tag-ursula-von-der-leyen","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-vladimir-putin","22":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskiy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115046107418154717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}