fr flag go to the original language article
This article has been translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The news agency is not responsible for the content of the translated article. The original was published by AFP.

Ukraine: European leaders with Zelensky on Monday in Washington

by AI | 18.Aug 2025 | Europe in brief AI

After the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, which did not result in any concrete announcements, European leaders are rallying around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom they are accompanying to the White House on Monday.

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on August 17, 2025. AFP / SIMON WOHLFAHRT

Paris (France) – French President Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Washington on Monday, along with several other European leaders, to accompany his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during his meeting with Donald Trump.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and NATO Chief Mark Rutte have also confirmed their attendance.

On Sunday, the “coalition of volunteers” – which brings together supporters of Kiev, most of the major European countries, the EU, NATO, and non-European countries like Canada – examined what the outlines of a potential Ukraine-Russia peace agreement could be.

The result of intense diplomatic negotiations, the meeting in Washington with American President Donald Trump is a first since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

(August 18, 2025)