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What Starmer's Washington visit meant for Ukraine
Summary
A look back at the talks between the UK prime minister and the US president on 27 February 2025, days after Kyiv announced a minerals deal.
What did Washington's diplomacy look like for Ukraine on 27 February 2025? That day, U.S. President Donald Trump met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, D.C. Their talks included the peace negotiations over the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Starmer also presented a letter from King Charles III inviting Trump to visit London later in the year. The gesture placed a formal royal invitation alongside the discussion of the war.
The minerals deal
Two days earlier, on 25 February 2025, Ukrainian Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna announced that Ukraine had reached a deal with the United States on mineral resources. The announcement meant Kyiv's own bilateral track with Washington was already in view when the British leader arrived.
Why it mattered
Taken together, the two events showed Ukraine's partners engaging with Washington on parallel tracks: Kyiv through a minerals agreement, and London through direct talks on the peace negotiations and an invitation to visit the United Kingdom.
