European and NATO leaders will be part of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his essential assembly with President Trump on Monday, European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen stated on Sunday.
The transfer in relation to the important thing White Home assembly is an obvious effort to forestall a repeat of the heated encounter Zelenskyy confronted when he met Mr. Trump within the Oval Workplace in February.
The European leaders’ presence at Zelenskyy’s aspect, demonstrating Europe’s assist for Ukraine, may doubtlessly assist ease considerations in Kyiv and in different European capitals that Zelenskyy dangers being railroaded right into a peace deal that Mr. Trump says he needs to dealer with Russia.
Von der Leyen, head of the European Union’s govt department, posted on X that “on the request of President Zelenskyy, I’ll be part of the assembly with President Trump and different European leaders within the White Home tomorrow.”
In a fast succession Sunday, a stream of European leaders additionally introduced that they’re going to be going. They included French President Emmanuel Macron, the chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, and the secretary common of the NATO navy alliance, Mark Rutte.
The grouped journey underscored European leaders’ dedication to make sure that Europe has a voice in Trump’s tried peace-making, after the U.S. president’s summit on Friday with Russian chief Vladimir Putin — to which Zelenskyy wasn’t invited.
