Overview
- Downing Street said Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with President Donald Trump on Dec. 21 and urged a settlement that is just for Ukraine.
- Starmer briefed Trump on the Coalition of the Willing’s preparations to support any peace agreement and to secure a durable end to hostilities.
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Russian representative Kirill Dmitriev in Miami, with Dmitriev saying discussions were proceeding constructively.
- The Miami session followed US talks with Ukrainian and European officials, and no final agreement has been announced.
- Starmer raised the humanitarian situation in Gaza and informed Trump that Christian Turner will be the next UK ambassador to Washington, replacing Peter Mandelson.