The Conservatives have supported the government's standpoint that Ukraine must be present at peace negotiations attempting to put an end to the conflict with Russia. Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Kevin Hollinrake said he "welcomes Trump's efforts" to end the conflict but said that Ukraine "must be at the table, not on the table". Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Ukraine is a democracy, it's a peaceful nation. It was invaded by a dictator, so no, I don't think
00:10that at all. And we have been firm, solid supporters of Ukraine since before the invasion and
00:20subsequently, as have many nations across Europe and indeed as the US. And we've all done that
00:26because we know this war is illegal. It is absolutely wrong. There's been hundreds of
00:30thousands of people who lost their lives on both sides of this war. It's totally wrong.
00:35What we need to see now is a peaceful outcome. And I welcome President Trump's efforts to bring
00:40about that outcome. But it must be the case that Ukraine is at the table, not on the table. That's
00:47hugely important. Otherwise, there cannot be a peaceful outcome to this war. And we must keep
00:53that front and centre in our minds when we're negotiating with the aggressor here, Vladimir
00:58Putin. President Trump is the democratically elected leader of the US. Of course, we've got
01:03to work with him. I think somebody once said about President Trump is you take him seriously,
01:08but not literally. So I think he wants the same things we want, which is a peaceful outcome
01:14to this war in Europe. And so I think that is something we all have in common. The way you go
01:22about getting to that point, I think President Trump will always have working in slightly
01:28different ways to many other people. So the key thing is the outcome, the end result. That's what
01:35we should be focusing on. And I think we all want the same thing. So I think there's plenty there,
01:39plenty of common ground that we can work together on.