Prime Minister Mark Carney said that U.S. President Donald Trump is creating an “opportunity” to end the war in Ukraine following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
Carney made the comments in a statement released on Aug. 16, a day after Trump met with Putin in Anchorage.
“The leadership of President Trump and the United States is creating the opportunity to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine,” Carney said in the statement.
He said that “robust and credible security guarantees” were “essential” to peace in the area.
The prime minister added that Canada was “co-ordinating closely” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Coalition of the Willing to “intensify our steadfast support” for Ukraine and its “peace and security.”
The Coalition of the Willing was formed by the U.K. and France to unite leaders from several countries to work together to find an end to the war in Ukraine.
US–Russia Summit
The meeting between Trump and Putin lasted about three hours but no deal was announced. Both leaders said the meeting laid the groundwork for future negotiations.
Trump has proposed a trilateral summit between Kyiv, Washington, and Moscow to see an end to the war, something that European leaders said they supported.
In a joint statement on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, European Council President António Costa, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said they supported the idea.
The statement said they welcomed Trump’s efforts to “stop the killing in Ukraine” and end the war.
It said that “Ukraine must have ironclad security guarantees,” adding that Russia “cannot have a veto against Ukraine’s pathway to EU and NATO.”
‘Shared Principles’
Prime Minister Carney met virtually with members of the Coalition of the Willing on Aug. 13 ahead of the Trump–Putin summit, saying they were “united on shared principles,” which included that Ukrainians make decisions on the future of Ukraine.
He also noted that “international borders cannot be changed by force” and that diplomatic efforts needed to be “reinforced” by military and economic pressure on Russia to end the war.
“It is vital to secure credible guarantees to enable Ukraine to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty,” Carney said in a post on X following the meeting.
Matthew Horwood and Tom Ozimek contributed to this article.
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