French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to have a 20-minute phone call with US President Donald Trump ahead of emergency talks in Paris regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, as announced by the Élysée Palace on Monday. The discussions are set to involve leaders from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark, along with top officials from the European Commission and NATO.
Notably, European leaders have not been included in the upcoming US-Russia talks concerning the Ukraine war, which are slated to commence in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The exclusion of European leaders from these talks underscores the significance of the discussions to be held in Paris.
The meeting in Paris is expected to convene around 4 p.m. local time (10 a.m. ET), with Macron already seen welcoming UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and other key figures.
