What To Know As Macron, Meloni, Starmer And More Will Attend
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Topline Leaders from major European allies, NATO and the European Union are traveling to Washington, D.C., to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Monday meeting with President Donald Trump—setting up what appear to be crucial talks as Trump pushes for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine that has been raging since the Russian invasion in 2022. Leaders from the EU and NATO will join the Ukrainian president at the White House. Getty Images Key Facts Zelenskyy will travel to meet with Trump at the White House on Monday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will reportedly take part in the talks, as well as leaders of individual allied nations including French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. What Will Trump Speak To Zelenskyy About? Trump administration officials have provided few details about what concessions the Russians may have offered at the negotiations in Alaska on Friday, but speaking to CNN on Sunday morning, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff described the Trump-Putin meeting as “game-changing.” Witkoff said the Trump administration would likely discuss Ukraine exchanging territory with Russia, what he called a “fundamental issue” for the Russians, but the administration would not make any decisions for Ukraine when it came to territory. “We intend to discuss it on Monday,” Witkoff told CNN’s Jake Tapper. The special envoy did not offer concrete details on what concessions the Russians may have offered in terms of territory, but added “that discussion is going to specifically be detailed on Monday, when President Zelenskyy arrives with his delegation and some of the other European leaders,” Witkoff said. “And, hopefully, we can cut through and make some decisions right then and there on…
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