President Zelenskyy to visit UK tomorrow for talks with Sir Keir Starmer
9 October 2024, 20:01
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be in London tomorrow, meeting Sir Keir Starmer as he looks to garner support for support for his “victory plan.”
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President Zelenskyy will visit Downing Street on Thursday as he holds talks with Sir Keir Starmer.
The embattled Ukrainian leader is expected to be in Westminster at 9am.
This comes ahead of Sir Keir Starmer's meeting with the UK's allies in Berlin, where they will discuss support for Ukraine's war efforts against Russia.
The Prime Minister will fly to the German capital at the weekend, No 10 said, to attend a meeting of the so-called "Quad" of nations: the UK, US, France and Germany.
Mr Zelenskyy became Sir Keir’s first official visit just days after the UK’s general election in July.
During his visit, he became the first foreign leader to address the Cabinet since Bill Clinton in 1997.
In a bilateral meeting with the Ukrainian President, the Prime Minister said the UK is "united in our Parliament" in supporting Kyiv for as long as possible.
"It's a very special moment for us to reiterate our support for you and the Ukrainian people in the fight against Russian aggression and to have this opportunity to confirm again our resolve to stand with you, so thank you so much for accepting the invitation," Sir Keir said.
Mr Zelensky thanked the UK for its "unity" with and backing for Kyiv and said "we feel this support".
He stated he wanted to discuss "strong decisions" in the war in Ukraine.
"Thank you for the invitation for the privilege for me to be here," he said.
"Thanks for this unity. We feel this support and your strong decisions... helped us to defend freedom and democracy in Ukraine and helped very much Ukrainian people."
He added: "I also want to discuss with you today also strong decisions we can have in this war (to) help us."
