{"id":763510,"date":"2026-09-08T02:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763510\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T02:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T02:48:11","slug":"burnham-issues-statement-on-ukraine-after-holding-fresh-trump-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763510\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham issues statement on Ukraine after holding fresh Trump talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prime Minister<\/a> Andy Burnham<\/a> and US President Donald Trump<\/a> agreed on the need to “continue working towards a ceasefire<\/a> that prevented more loss of life” following a fresh wave of talks, Downing Street<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Mr Burnham spoke with Mr Trump on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

It follows a visit to Kyiv<\/a> on Sunday by US envoys, who held talks in an effort to end the conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n

A Downing Street spokesperson said: \u201cOn Ukraine<\/a>, the two leaders agreed on the need to continue working towards a ceasefire that prevented more loss of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister reiterated the UK\u2019s support for Ukraine and for recent US-led peace negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the Middle East, the Prime Minister set out the UK\u2019s commitment to working towards peace and security in the region, stressing the importance of the Two-State Solution, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and ensuring that Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Burnham began the call by wishing Mr Trump a happy Labour Day and congratulated him on recent US employment statistics.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Mr Burnham) noted the positive signs of growth within the UK\u2019s own economy,\u201d the Downing Street spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister said the Government was building more positivity about the UK and that he was making progress, but with more still to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BurnhamBurnham reiterated the UK\u2019s support for Ukraine and for recent US-led peace negotiations, Downing Street said (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held \u201cencouraging\u201d talks in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> in Moscow on Saturday in a push to end the fighting, the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

Mr Burnham\u2019s first international trip in office was to Kyiv in a show of support for the country.<\/p>\n

Last week, in reference to an attempted drone strike on a German airport that allies including the UK blamed on Russia, Mr Burnham said: \u201cRussian attempts to undermine our united resolve and our willingness to support Ukraine are futile and doomed to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n

The British Government<\/a>, last week, summoned a senior Russian diplomat to protest at last month\u2019s \u201cegregious and reckless attack\u201d at Leipzig airport.<\/p>\n

A drone laden with explosives found near a Ukrainian plane was subsequently defused.<\/p>\n

The airport is a major international freight hub used for providing support to the Kyiv government, which has been battling invading Russian forces for more than four years.<\/p>\n

Moscow denied involvement.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump said Mr Putin is \u201cnot looking to attack Nato territory\u201d when pressed over the incident last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-763510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}