The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has spoken with Volodymyr Zelenskyj on the phone after Friday's meeting with Putin in Alaska.
Zelenskyj writes that the phone call was "long and rewarding".
”We started with a private conversation before we invited European leaders. This conversation lasted for over an hour and a half, including about an hour of bilateral talks with President Trump”.
Zelenskyj writes that he will meet Trump on Monday in Washington DC to discuss "an end to the killing and the war".
”I am grateful for the invitation”, Zelenskyj writes and adds that Ukraine supports Trump's proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the United States and Russia.
”It is important that Europeans are involved in every step to ensure reliable security guarantees together with the United States”, he writes further.
Spoke with EU leaders
The conversation was attended by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Polish President Karol Nawrocki. Also, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in the conversation, according to the EU Commission's spokesperson Arianna Podesta.
She also states that the EU leaders will have a new and separate conversation about Ukraine after the Trump-Putin summit.
”The pressure on Russia must increase”
Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) has spoken to Expressen after the night's meeting. She says that the government will have a close dialogue with Ukraine and with European and transatlantic partners about the way forward.
"It is clear that the pressure on Russia must increase to bring an end to the war and lay the foundation for a just and sustainable peace based on international law. Sweden's military, political and civilian support for Ukraine is unwavering”, she writes to the newspaper.
