Europe’s peace summit on Ukraine cancelled as Biden postpones Germany trip
- 10 October, 12:02
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced his decision to cancel the planned November peace summit to be held in Europe.
During the summit scheduled to be held in Ramstein, Germany, Zelenskiy would unveil his “peace plan” to end its ongoing war with Russia on favorable terms. This was Zelenksiy’s second attempt to present his peace plan following the much-publicized June summit in Luzerne, Switzerland.
Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he expected a new date for a summit of key allies to be agreed soon following the postponement of a planned gathering in Ramstein, Germany, because U.S. President Joe Biden was unable to join.
The White House said on Tuesday evening that the president would stay at home “to oversee preparations for and the response” to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Germany said the UK’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron would attend the event alongside Biden and Scholz.
Prior to Biden’s withdrawal from the summit, German chancellor Olaf Scholz, said: “The message to Ukraine will be that our support is powerful and enduring, and to Moscow that there’s no use in speculating that we might waver in our support and that time will play for the Russian war of aggression,” the German official said prior to Biden’s withdrawal announcement.
