There was no immediate word from Paris as to whether there would be a three-way meeting or a personal conversation between Trump and Zelensky.
A good five years after a major fire, the lavishly restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will open its doors on Saturday. More than 35 heads of state and government are expected to celebrate the reopening of the Gothic church.
As the AFP news agency learned from Ukrainian government circles on Friday, in addition to the meeting between Zelensky and Macron, “other meetings are also possible, especially with President-elect Donald Trump.” It would be the first meeting between Zelensky and Trump since his victory in the US presidential election in November.
During the election campaign, the Republican announced that he would massively cut support for Kiev in its defensive war against Russia. The United States is currently Kiev’s largest financial and military supporter. Trump had also repeatedly assured that he would end the war in Ukraine quickly, without giving any details as to how this would happen.
Fears about Trump’s plans recently increased after the appointment of Keith Kellogg as Ukraine envoy: The ex-general had repeatedly called on Kiev to make concessions in order to end the war.
