Starmer, Macron push for 30-day Ukraine-Russia ceasefire in high-level talks

The UK government reported the information on its official website.

While discussing the situation in Ukraine, Macron and Starmer agreed that it is necessary for Russia to commit to a 30-day ceasefire to enable meaningful peace negotiations.  

"Ukraine had proved it was willing and ready to come to the table and was the party of peace," the statement says.

The leaders of the UK and France agreed to strengthen ambitions between the countries in all areas, including defense and security, as well as combating illegal migration.  

"The leaders also looked ahead to the UK-France summit taking place later this year and agreed to step up ambition between the two countries across all areas, including defence and security and irregular migration. Both leaders underscored that more needed to be done to disrupt irregular migration upstream. Discussing the situation in Gaza, both expressed their deep concern at recent developments and agreed a renewed peace process was required," the UK government website states.  

• Earlier, Politico reported that French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer convinced U.S. leader Donald Trump to change his stance on Russia.