The consultation is to be about measures to put pressure on Russia, as well as preparations for possible peace negotiations and related issues of security and territorial claims, according to the news agency AP, which refers to a statement from Merz.
The meeting will take place in several stages, starting at 14:00 when leaders from Germany, Finland, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Poland will connect with each other along with NATO chief Mark Rutte, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and EU Council President António Costa.
According to German media, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is on his way to Germany to attend physically in Berlin at the otherwise digital meeting.
US President Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance will be let into the virtual meeting room one hour after it begins, and at 16:30, the so-called "Coalition of the willing" will have a meeting, where Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will also participate.
