Macron says pro-Zelensky ‘Coalition of the Willing’ will meet Sunday ahead of Ukraine leader’s DC trip
WASHINGTON — French President Emmanuel Macron’s office says an anti-Russian “Coalition of the Willing” will convene Sunday ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to the White House and on the heels of Friday’s summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, co-chairs of the coalition, will be included in the virtual meeting.
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Trump left Anchorage without a cease-fire deal with Putin and wrote early Saturday on social media that he prefers to “go directly” to a full peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.
The US president has repeatedly said that Zelensky will need to cede land for peace, but the Ukrainian leader says that would be impossible without a national referendum in his country.
Trump has attempted to force both sides into making a deal after the US provided about $200 billion in aid for Kyiv’s defense over more than three years of war, causing unease among European leaders who fear concessions to Moscow.
Zelensky previously visited the White House on Feb. 28 and was kicked out of the West Wing after an Oval Office argument with Vice President JD Vance, and with Trump accusing Zelensky of disrespecting America.
The term “Coalition of the Willing” is a throwback to the Iraq War, which began in 2003 when then-US President George W. Bush dismissed opposition from countries such as France and Germany to his plans to topple Saddam Hussein and forged ahead without them.
The precise membership of the current coalition is unclear.
Trump has dismissed the relevance of European leaders in ending the war between Russian and Ukraine.
“There are a lot of European leaders, but they rely on me, very much rely on me. If it wasn’t for me, this thing would never get solved until the last person breathing is dead,” Trump said last week.
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