Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may meet with US President Donald Trump next week at the economic forum in Davos. In addition, Kyiv's G7 allies may also join the meeting, UNN reports with reference to the Financial Times.
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According to media reports, Kyiv's G7 allies will meet with Donald Trump in Davos to secure his personal support for security guarantees for Ukraine after a ceasefire developed by his administration.
The leaders of Italy, Germany, France, Canada, and the United Kingdom, as well as the President of the European Commission, plan to attend a scheduled meeting of leaders with Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the World Economic Forum next week.
The publication notes that discussions are currently underway regarding the details of the meeting, scheduled for next Wednesday, which may include other leaders of the so-called coalition of the willing — states supporting Ukraine. National security advisors of the coalition also plan to hold a separate meeting, officials said. The leaders' meeting in Davos will seek Trump's approval for agreements developed with his envoys on Ukraine and the commander of US defense forces in Europe in Paris last week, which are considered critical to ensuring that Russia does not resume the war after any ceasefire.
However, European capitals are concerned about the extent of Trump's personal commitment to supporting Ukraine after a possible peace agreement with Russia, given several incidents over the past year where the US president made sharply pro-Russian statements regarding the conflict.
Trump's chief negotiator on Russia, Steve Witkoff, said after the Paris meeting that they had "basically finalized the security protocols," adding that they were "as strong as they can be."
"The President (Trump) is not backing down from his commitments," Witkoff added after the meeting. Witkoff, Trump's son-in-law and fellow Russia negotiator Jared Kushner, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be part of the US delegation to the WEF.
"Without the US, none of this will happen," said one European official involved in the negotiations, referring in particular to promises from the UK and France to send troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire. "It's unclear what Trump actually feels."
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The media notes that the six leaders, along with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, would mark a record level of G7 participation in Davos. Trump's presence has brought geopolitics and the crucial role of the US in European security to the forefront of a meeting that was previously planned to focus more on artificial intelligence, new technologies, and other business topics.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had not planned to go to Davos, but his allies said he would reconsider his decision if Trump organized a meeting on Ukraine.
Negotiations between the US, Ukraine, and Europe on security guarantees for Ukraine after the conflict are part of broader US-led peace talks aimed at ending Russia's nearly four-year invasion of the country. Formal negotiations have not yet included trilateral discussions with Russia. It is unclear to what extent, if at all, the proposals being developed by Ukraine and its Western allies will be accepted by Moscow.
"It is very good that the Americans are involved, in particular, in verification and monitoring (of the ceasefire), as well as in providing an 'insurance' mechanism," von der Leyen told reporters on Sunday, speaking about the negotiations. "The security guarantees offered so far are substantial, reliable, and clearly defined."
"The peace plan and security guarantees are the result of complex negotiations and hard work by Ukrainians, the United States, Europe, and the coalition of the willing," she added.