section_path: Further summits
section_name: Further summits
paragraph_text: Further summits
  
  On 2 March 2025, Starmer hosted a summit in London with several international leaders to create a " coalition of the willing " to support Ukraine in negotiations and to put Ukraine in a stronger position for negotiations. The London summit also hoped to craft a peace deal for Ukraine and to present it to the United States, with Starmer stating that the US was "not an unreliable ally" despite recent hostilities between the US government and Ukraine.
  
  On 11 March, representatives of the US and Ukraine met in Jeddah to discuss peace negotiations, with the US restoring aid and intelligence sharing it had previously cut off to Ukraine.
  
  On 23 and 24 March, representatives of the US met with representatives of Ukraine and Russia separately to negotiate peace in Ukraine through shuttle diplomacy. The talks with Ukraine on the 23rd failed to secure a 30-day ceasefire as Trump had been hoping, however, Putin did agree to stop Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The talks with Russia on the 24th attempted to resume a 2022 grain deal intended to allow Ukraine to continue exporting grain that had been previously pulled out of by Russia in 2023, with both sides agreeing separately to stop the use of force in the Black Sea after certain measures were met. Neither talk mentioned territorial gains or losses after the resolution of the war. Due to the vastly differing visions for peace between Ukraine and Russia, not much was achieved at the summits, although Witkoff did say he expected "some real progress".
  
  On 7 April, leaders of several European nations met in Brussels, stating that although Putin has claimed that Russia wants peace, he has not shown any inclination to negotiate. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius stated that "peace in Ukraine appears to be out of reach in the immediate future" due to Russia's ongoing aggression. US General Keith Kellogg had said that Ukraine could be partitioned in a peace deal and that in order to end the war, Ukraine would have to concede to Russian territorial demands, leading to significant tension during the summit. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was notably not present at the meeting, choosing instead to attend virtually.
  
  Also on 7 April, Witkoff met with Putin in St. Petersburg, with the talks having been described as "productive" by Russian CEO and special envoy Kirill Dmitriev. The meeting focused on peace in Ukraine, with Peskov saying that the "process of normalising relations is ongoing".