European leaders call for a ceasefire for Trump as the starting point for Friday's meeting with Putin in Alaska
According to Macron, the US president has confirmed by videoconference that NATO will not be involved in Ukraine's security guarantees. Moreover, the French president has explained that Trump has assured them that only Zelensky will negotiate the territories that Ukraine is supposed to cede to Russia.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski during today's video conference.
European leaders have urged US President Donald Trump to start a ceasefire at Friday's summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and not to leave Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski out.
The summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take placeat the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage, Alaska, as confirmed by the White House.
German Chancellor FriedrichMerz today described some of the points that must be on the table at the meeting between Putin and Trump, including the fact that the negotiations are based on a ceasefire that will lay the foundations for a "lasting peace" in the region.
He also reiterated, at a press conference in Berlin with Zelensky, that "no decision can be taken" on territorial exchange without Kiev and that "strong security guarantees" are needed for Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attended the first meeting between European leaders (Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and Finland, Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen , among others) and Zelenski.
UkrainianPresident Volodimir Zelenski said he expects Friday's meeting to bring a ceasefire into the war. "We have talked about the meeting in Alaska and we hope to close the ceasefire there," Zelenski said after today's virtual assembly.
NATO SecretaryGeneral Mark Rutte said the "ball is in Putin's court" for Friday's meeting.
On the other hand, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed at the end of the video conference that the US President has confirmed to them that NATO will not be involved in Ukraine's security guarantees if there is an agreement with Russia, but the United States of America.
"NATO should not be part of these security guarantees," he said, as Russia opposes it, but "the US and all Ukraine's allies."
Moreover, Macron has explained that Trump has assured them that only Zelensky will negotiate the territories that Ukraine is supposed to cede to Russia. "The territorial issues concerning Ukraine will only be negotiated by the President of Ukraine," Macron said, reiterating that this is the position of the allies in Kiev and that the US president has joined.
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