March 12, 2025 (EIRNS)—A March 12 article by BBC claims that the U.K. was “intimately involved” in the planning for the U.S.-Ukraine ceasefire agreement, announced March 11 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. BBC reports: “The BBC has been told that over the past week there has been a concerted European effort, led by Sir Keir Starmer, to get the U.S. and Ukraine back in good favor with one another.”
Citing London government sources, BBC claims that U.K. National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell “worked with his U.S. counterpart Mike Waltz, and German and French officials, to fashion a plan for a ceasefire and the steps that might follow.” Then, over last weekend, Powell travelled to Kiev to meet with Zelenskyy and draft a written proposal. “That proposal was agreed by the Ukrainians and the Americans, setting the stage for what happened in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday,” proclaims BBC.
Labour MP Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, told BBC that “Britain has played a big part” in the process, and that Powell had “earnt his money” in helping reach an agreement over the ceasefire proposal.
