G7 allies are united in calling for a ceasefire with “no conditions” to halt the fighting in Ukraine, David Lammy has said, heaping further pressure on Vladimir Putin as he resists accepting proposals for a temporary peace.
Speaking after a meeting with counterparts in Canada, the Foreign Secretary said there would be a “detailed statement” from nations outlining a joint position on the crisis.
“I think that there is a unified approach that we need an enduring peace that lasts, I think that there is unity that now is the time for a ceasefire with no conditions,” he said.
“Ukraine has set their position out. It is now for Russia to accept it. I think that there is a coalition of the willing emerging to give Ukraine the security architecture and arrangements that they need, and to get into the detail of any monitoring of that ceasefire, going forward.
“On all of that, there was common ground, and the G7 family came together.”