European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, convened a virtual meeting of the “coalition of the willing” on Sunday (August 17) to strategise ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s trip to Washington, D.C., where he is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump amid pressure to accept a swift peace deal with Russia. Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer led the video conference, joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and others. The meeting aimed to coordinate positions and bolster Zelenskiy’s stance as Ukraine faces challenging territorial demands from Moscow following Friday’s (August 15) summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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