Tomorrow, Monday, August 18, Donald Trump will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington for a bilateral meeting and will then host a joint working dinner with European and NATO leaders . Bild reported this, as reported on its Russian-language Telegram account.

Sources told the German tabloid that EU and NATO representatives will join the US president and the Ukrainian leader only after their face-to-face meeting . In addition to the joint working dinner, an extended discussion is also planned.

The meeting will be attended by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb .

A videoconference meeting of the Coalition of the Volunteers took place today, allowing for coordination ahead of the meeting in Washington. During the discussion, a statement from Palazzo Chigi reads, "the importance of continuing to work with the United States to end the conflict and achieve a peace that ensures the sovereignty and security of Ukraine was reaffirmed. Ukraine must be involved in every decision regarding its future ."

The Volunteers also "confirmed the need to maintain collective pressure on Russia and for solid and credible security guarantees."

(Unioneonline)

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