French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, saying he will present "proposals for action" to counter the "Russian threat" in Europe and ensure peace in Ukraine, reports BSS.
Macron is hoping to persuade Trump when the two leaders meet on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine to include European leaders in talks between Russia and the United States.
Trump sent shock waves around Europe when he declared his readiness to resume diplomacy with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to hold talks without the involvement of European nations or Kyiv.
He has repeated Russian talking points about Ukraine's supposed responsibility in starting the war, raising concern in Europe that he would agree to Moscow's terms.
Macron has tried to coordinate a European response to Washington's sudden policy shift, hosting two meetings with key leaders last week. Russia is "an existential threat to Europeans," he said at the time.
"You have a power that has overly armed itself... and continues to arm itself," Macron said, before departing for Washington.
"We don't know where it will stop today. So we must all act to contain it."
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