NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will also attend, the Alliance’s press service confirmed to Suspilne. German government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s goal in traveling to Washington is to exchange information with Trump following his Aug.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to travel to Washington to participate in talks between US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a number of European leaders, the Alliance confirmed on Sunday 17 August.

A group of senior European leaders and NATO chief will travel to Washington on Monday to join talks on Ukraine with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The heads of Britain, Italy, Finland and France will join Ukraine's president who is under US pressure to accept a deal to end Russia's war on terms that would be difficult to accept.

European leaders announced Sunday they would join Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday as they seek to navigate America's new approach to ending the war.

European leaders are on an all-out push to forestall Oval Office conflict at a crucial stage in diplomacy to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump reversed course in the wake of his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin and now says an overall peace agreement is the next step in ending the war in Ukraine, rather than the ce