By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday plan to decide whether they would be travelling to the US for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, media reported.
According to Bild daily, the governments of Merz, Starmer and Macron intend on Sunday to coordinate their actions and jointly decide whether who would exactly be travelling to the US on August 18 from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky, TASS reported.
According to Bild, such a decision requires an official invitation on behalf of the US.
It reported that US President Trump offered Zelensky to invite European politicians to the US, however, there were no official invitations extended as of yet.
Bild added that European leaders seek to avoid a meeting intended solely for publicity.
US daily reported cited the Elysee Palace that the ‘coalition of the willing’ will convene a meeting via video link on Sunday.
Starmer, Merz, and Macron, announced that the members of the coalition will hold a conversation soon without disclosing the date, will get together for an online conversation, TASS reported.
They will discuss “next steps as part of the discussion on peace in Ukraine”.
Media cited sources, Trump proposed negotiating a peace deal under which Ukraine would give up the rest of the Donbass region to Russia, including areas not liberated by Russian troops, in a phone call with European leaders, after Alaska summit.
A ceasefire in the rest of Ukraine at present-day battlefronts and security guarantees, both for Kyiv and Europe, would be offered in return.
Putin and Trump met at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Alaska.
The meeting lasted for 3 hours, including a one-on-one conversation in the American leader’s limousine en route to the main negotiation venue, as well as a subsequent small-group discussion involving three participants on either side.
Russian delegation included Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, while the American side was represented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff.
In a statement to the media following the talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said they mostly focused on resolving the Ukraine conflict.
Trump described his summit with Putin as “very productive”.
He called Zelensky, EU leaders, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Trump said that Ukraine and Russia should go straight to agreeing on a final peace deal as he dropped his demand for a ceasefire.
He will meet Zelensky at the White House on Monday.
Trump said that if talks with Zelensky are a success, another meeting with Putin will be scheduled.
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