The US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski They will have a separate meeting before expanding talks with European leaders in the White House on Monday.
This is what the German ARD report is reported with Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski first discuss on its own what was said in Meeting the US President with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
Security guarantees for Ukraine, territorial issues and procedures will be the central issues of talks that will take place tomorrow at the White House, according to government sources cited by ARD public television.
The stay of Chancellor Friedrich Mertz in the US capital is also expected to last only a few hours.
According to ARD’s report, Friedrich Mertz will arrive at the White House on Monday afternoon and his return flight is scheduled for 17:00 or 18:00 (local time). Initially, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski will speak in private with US President Donald Trump, followed by expanded talks with European leaders.
On the agenda of the meeting will be security guarantees, territorial issues and process issues, such as whether the negotiations on the peace agreement are necessary to precede a ceasefire. These are also the key issues of discussion at the ongoing teleconferences.
Foreign Minister Johann Vandeful, for his part, said that the Chancellor Mertz’s journey to Washington shows how seriously the German government is taking into account efforts for a peacekeeping solution in Ukraine.
“Germany is consciously leading here. We know that we are on critical days of negotiations and we will allocate all the burden of our foreign policy to ensure that it is a good week for Ukraine.
We will not leave President Zelenski alone on this difficult path of negotiations, but we will defend international law with him, “Mr Vandeful said earlier today, shortly before leaving for his trip to Asia.
The Chancellor’s participation in tomorrow’s talks in the White House was also welcomed by the Christian Union expert (CDU/CSU) on foreign policy Normoler Reggen: “This shows their solidarity with Ukraine and its president.
The heads of governments and states of the European Union rightly consider the Trump-Chalenski meeting extremely important, “Mr Ragen told the Rheinische Post.
‘The unity between the EU and the US is vital’
Meanwhile, European Council President Antonio Costa has argued that unity between Europe and the United States is vital to sustainable peace for Ukraine.
“As I emphasized at today’s meeting of the willing coalition, if a ceasefire is not agreed, the EU and the US must increase the pressure on Russia,” Costa added in a message on X.
European leaders have agreed that Ukraine must receive security guarantees to have further talks on ending war with Russia, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fyes also said today.
“The conference conference of the coalition of the willingness was important for the coordination in view of tomorrow’s meeting at the White House,” he wrote in X.
“We agreed that the immediate priority should be to put an end to the killings and that clear security guarantees for Ukraine from the United States and Europe will be absolutely essential to further negotiations.”
Cease fire before the negotiations ask Poland
There must be some form of ceasefire to make peace about Ukraine, a spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry said today.
“Any form of interruption, ceasefire or fire demarcation is, according to the coalition of the willing, a prerequisite for the start of any peace talks,” Pavel Bronzki told reporters.