European leaders gather for emergency meeting after Trump shuts them out of Ukraine talks
Europe's leaders will hold emergency talks in Paris to align positions after the Trump administration excluded Europe from talks with Russia on the Ukraine war.
European leaders are set to hold an emergency working meeting in Paris on Monday to align their position after the Trump administration said Europe would be excluded from talks with Russia to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
The meeting between several key European leaders aims to address “the situation in Ukraine and security issues in Europe” by “bringing together all the partners interested in peace and security” in the region, French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in a statement Sunday.
The talks come a day before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is due to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia that exclude Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is currently in the neighboring United Arab Emirates on a scheduled trip to boost humanitarian support for Ukraine, officials said.
Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris in December.Sarah Meyssonnier / AFP - Getty ImagesOn Sunday, Zelenskyy told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he would “never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine,” adding, “there is no any leader in the world who can really make a deal with Putin without us about us.”
Those remarks came despite the State Department circulating a questionnaire to its European allies in NATO, which asked for their intended contributions to Kyiv’s security guarantees, four Western officials briefed on the document told the Financial Times newspaper.
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