JAKARTA - European leaders will hold a teleconference on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with US President Donald Trump to coordinate negotiations to end the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The telephone conference comes ahead of a scheduled meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska on Friday, August 15.
Trump said the warring parties were close to reaching an agreement that could resolve the 3.5-year conflict.
According to Trump, the deal will involve "regional exchanges for the benefit of both", implying the deal would require Ukraine to give up most of its territory.
Negotiations of the regional handover' according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies will only encourage Russian aggression.
A spokesman for the German government said Zelenskyy and EU and NATO officials would join a virtual meeting hosted by Berlin on Wednesday, August 13 with German leaders, Finland, France, Britain, Italy and Poland.
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They will discuss options to increase pressure on Russia, a sequence of measures in possible peace processes, and the future of Russian occupied regions as well as security guarantees for Ukraine, the spokesman said.
European leaders will then hold a video conference with Trump and US Vice President JD Vance afterward.
Finally, the so-called "willing coalition" of countries that are planning to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire will meet at 16.30 p.m. for a meeting hosted by Germany, France, and Britain, the spokesman said.
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