Macron offers to set up Zelenskyy-Trump meeting on sidelines of G7 summit
French President Emmanuel Macron has held a brief bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of the main session of the G7 summit, which is due to take place on the morning of 16 June in Évian-les-Bains.
Source: CNN, citing the Élysée Palace, as reported by European Pravda
Details: As host of the G7 summit, Macron invited Zelenskyy to attend parallel events in hopes that his presence would help strengthen the group's support for Ukraine.
A key part of this effort is bringing US President Donald Trump into the discussions.
A possible meeting between Zelenskyy and Trump was the first matter Macron raised as he welcomed the Ukrainian leader at the Hôtel Royal, where the summit is taking place.
"So first, do you have a bilateral thing organised … with President Trump?" Macron was heard asking Zelenskyy before offering to "arrange this".
Trump's official schedule does not include bilateral talks with Zelenskyy, but impromptu meetings can, and often do, take place during such summits.
Background:
- On arriving in France for the G7 summit, Trump said that Zelenskyy and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin were open to "doing something" to end the war in Ukraine.
- On Monday 15 June, Zelenskyy said he had offered to meet Putin at the G7 summit for talks on ending the war, but that Russia was "not ready to speak".
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