German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have agreed in principle to hold a face-to-face meeting within the next two weeks, the first such encounter announced since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began. Merz told reporters in Washington that the breakthrough followed a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin during talks at the White House that included Zelenskyy and several European leaders. The German leader credited Trump with persuading the Kremlin to accept the summit and said the site had yet to be decided. French President Emmanuel Macron later backed holding the talks in Europe, suggesting Geneva or another neutral venue such as Switzerland or Türkiye. European governments are now working with Washington on security guarantees for Kyiv that could frame the negotiations, Merz added.
Une réunion entre les dirigeants russe et ukrainien, Vladimir #Poutine et Volodymyr #Zelensky, pourrait être organisée dans les deux semaines, selon les alliés de l'#Ukraine 🇺🇦. On attend toujours une confirmation du côté du Kremlin https://t.co/GrTX2Tui0m
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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could happen in the next two weeks in a "neutral country," after Trump, Zelensky, and European leaders met at the White House the https://t.co/fsw8RhvX6W