Allies of Ukraine need to “open up space for meaningful negotiations”, a Cabinet minister has said as talks with the US, Ukrainian and European officials on Donald Trump’s peace plan are due to take place.

National security adviser Jonathan Powell is to meet US, Ukrainian and European counterparts in Geneva on Sunday, with special envoy Steve Witkoff and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expected to attend for Washington.

Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders have pushed back against the US-drafted plan for Ukraine, raising concerns about proposals to make Kyiv limit its armed forces and give up territory and its path to Nato membership.

They called Washington’s plan drawn up secretly with Moscow “a basis” that requires further work in a joint statement on Saturday after talks at the G20 i

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