European leaders plan to use meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump at next week’s Group of Seven (G7) summit in France to seek American buy-in for a new push for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. The initiative is discussed as a coordinated European effort to align U.S. support with Europe’s plans for renewed negotiations.
Bloomberg reports the goal is to persuade Trump to back the proposed framework for talks, while the Kyiv Post similarly reports that European countries are preparing to secure Trump’s support for a new peace initiative. Both accounts indicate that Britain, France, and Germany are assessing conditions on the battlefield and view recent developments as creating an opportunity for renewed negotiation.
The sources describe the effort as centered on diplomatic engagement during the G7 summit, with European leaders aiming to ensure that any new talks involving Russia and Ukraine have backing from both Europe and the United States. Details of the proposed terms or structure of the talks are not provided in the cited reports.
