This CLP notes that:
• UK Ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson, interviewed on ABC News on 2 March, called for “Zelenskyy (to) give his unequivocal backing to the initiative that President Trump is taking” and said that “Ukraine should be the first to commit to a ceasefire and defy the Russians to follow”.
• The Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard replied that Mandelson’s demands are “not government policy” and that the war would stop if “President Putin stopped his illegal and unprovoked aggression”.
• Russia’s invasions and war aim for the subjugation of Ukraine, which they regard as an illegitimate nation with no right to self-determination.
This CLP resolves to:
Condemn Peter Mandelson’s statement.
Call on the UK Government to replace Peter Mandelson as the UK ambassador to the US.