{"id":144216,"date":"2025-03-03T09:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T09:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?p=144216"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:14:20","slug":"mandelson-rebuked-after-saying-zelenskyy-must-give-unequivocal-backing-to-trump-peace-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/news\/2025\/03\/03\/mandelson-rebuked-after-saying-zelenskyy-must-give-unequivocal-backing-to-trump-peace-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandelson rebuked after saying Zelenskyy must give \u2018unequivocal backing\u2019 to Trump peace plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord Mandelson has been rebuked after saying Ukraine should be the first side to &#8220;commit to a ceasefire&#8221; in its war with Russia, as he called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s minerals deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK ambassador to the US said Zelenskyy needs to \u201cget back on the same page\u201d with Trump after he left the White House on Friday following an extraordinary shouting match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the Oval Office press conference, Lord Mandelson told <em>ABC News<\/em> a \u201cvery radical reset\u201d was needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Labour grandee said: \u201cWe need a very radical reset. The reset has to consist of the US and Ukraine getting back on the same page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;And president Zelensky giving his unequivocal backing to the initiative that president Trump is taking to end the war and to bring a just and lasting peace to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd the Europeans too need to back the calls for a ceasefire. And by the way, I think that Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The X account Rapid Response 47, which communicates US administration policy and insists it holds \u201cFake News accountable\u201d, shared the comments over the weekend.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">British Ambassador to the U.S. Lord Peter Mandelson: President Zelenskyy needs to give &quot;his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking to END the war and to bring a just and lasting PEACE.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWLasg6tNc\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWLasg6tNc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1896217665909469378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>***Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.***<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey accused Lord Mandelson of muddying the government\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wrote on X: \u201cWhat is Mandelson up to? You cannot square what the prime minister said this morning with this. What is the government\u2019s actual position?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur man in DC should be securing US protection for our brave Ukrainian allies, not telling president Zelensky what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to <em>ABC News<\/em>, Mandelson added: \u201cAfter what happened on Friday it\u2019s clear that we need to bring the US and Ukraine back together again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the first thing that president Zelenskyy can do is make clear his commitment to the initiative that president Trump is taking and yes, I do think it would be a good idea if he signed the economic and commercial deal put forward by the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Quite apart from the economic gain that Ukraine will derive from that it will also give the US a stake in Ukraine\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will mean that US commercial interests, US individual citizens will be on the ground there. That will be an even greater, added incentive for the US to protect Ukraine in future and make sure war does not ensue again. That\u2019s what I want to see. That\u2019s what we all want to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked whether Lord Mandelson\u2019s position was now government policy, defence minister Luke Pollard said: \u201cNo. It\u2019s certainly right that of all the people on our continent who want peace, the Ukrainians want it the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut we\u2019re still in discussions, diplomatic engagement, with our European, US and Ukrainian friends as to the shape of our deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told <em>Sky News<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s certainly right that the war could stop tomorrow if president Putin stopped his illegal and unprovoked aggression. He could stop this war so what we need to find is a formula that allows a peace that is lasting and durable to be created, and then to be defended.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked if Lord Mandelson misspoke, Pollard added: \u201cThat\u2019s not government policy, and you wouldn\u2019t ask me to commentate on every up and down in the negotiations. But we are seeking to find that lasting peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former foreign secretary James Cleverly posted to X: \u201cThe UK ambassador to Washington isn\u2019t meant to communicate his own opinion, he is meant to communicate the UK government opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Foreign secretary David] Lammy and [prime minister Keir] Starmer need to grip this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Josh Self is Editor of Politics.co.uk, follow him on Bluesky <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/josh-self.bsky.social\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lord Mandelson has been rebuked after saying Ukraine should be the first side to &#8220;commit to a ceasefire&#8221; in its war with Russia, as he called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy to back Donald Trump\u2019s minerals deal. 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