Trump gathers EU leaders/ From territory swap to 'clash' over ceasefire, minute-by-minute developments

Në takimin me Donald Trump ka folur edhe kryeministri britanik Sir Keir Starmer.

Kryeministri tha se udhëheqësit e mbledhur mund të "bëjnë një hap vërtet të rëndësishëm përpara, një hap historik" në garancitë e sigurisë për Ukrainën sonte.

“Kur flasim për sigurinë, po flasim për sigurinë, jo vetëm të Ukrainës, por edhe të Evropës dhe Mbretërisë së Bashkuar. Unë me të vërtetë mendoj se me qasjen e duhur këtë pasdite, mund të bëjmë përparim të vërtetë, veçanërisht në garancitë e sigurisë”, tha ai.

Starmer thotë se sugjerimi i Trump për garanci në stilin e Nenit Pesë përputhet me atë mbi të cilën "Koalicioni i të Vullnetshmëve" ka punuar prej muajsh.

"Me ju që vini përkrah asaj që kemi zhvilluar tashmë, mendoj se sot mund të bëjmë një hap vërtet të rëndësishëm përpara, një hap historik, në fakt, mund të dalë nga ky takim për sa i përket sigurisë për Ukrainën dhe sigurisë në Evropë", tha Starmer.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has not stopped praising and appreciating President Donald Trump during the summit held at the White House regarding Ukraine.

Meloni, speaking at the open session for the media, in the presence of President Trump and European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that today begins a new phase, which begins after three years, thanks to Trump and the stalemate on the ground.

 "We will discuss guarantees to ensure that this never happens again. Something is changing thanks to you, in this deadlock. If we want to achieve peace, we must do it united. Of course, you can count on Italy, we are on the side of Ukraine," Meloni said.

She added, "if we want to guarantee peace, we must do it together, united. You can count on Italy and we will support all your efforts towards peace."

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this, addressing Donald Trump during his meeting at the White House with Voldymyr Zelensky and other European leaders. 

Speaking at Trump's meeting with EU leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron said that while he welcomed a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the US, it was important that a "quadruple" summit be held afterwards.

It is not clear whether Macron means a meeting in which only France participates, or whether he means that NATO, the EU or the Coalition of the Willing should be the fourth member.

The French leader says this is necessary because "when we talk about security guarantees, we talk about the entire security of the European continent."

One guarantee that Macron clearly wants out of any deal is that Ukraine will be able to have a “reliable” army for “years and decades to come.”

He says this will come with a commitment from European leaders at the negotiating table to offer Ukraine their security guarantee.

The French president says Trump can be sure that "the Europeans are very clear about the fact that they have their fair share of security guarantees for Ukraine, but their security is clearly at risk in this situation."

As EU leaders are speaking at the White House, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praises President Trump for "breaking the deadlock" with President Putin by "starting dialogue."

Rutte added that "if we play this well, we can end this," referring to the war in Ukraine.

The NATO leader then adds that it is "very important" that Trump is saying he is "ready to participate" in security guarantees for Ukraine - saying it is "a big step" and a "breakthrough".

In response, Trump praises NATO countries for increasing their defense spending from 2% of GDP "which has not always been paid" to 5% "which has been paid."

While Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU commission, also welcomed the security guarantee being offered by the Americans.

"It's very good to hear that we are working on security guarantees, security guarantees similar to Article Five," she says.

This is the principle that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on the entire alliance.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and US President Donald Trump clashed over public statements regarding Ukraine.

And while there was talk of peace in Ukraine and a stop to the killings, the German Chancellor, unlike those present, spoke of a ceasefire, describing it as the next step, before talking about the trilateral meeting that could lead to peace.

 "The next step is the most complicated, but the path is open and you opened it, we would like to see a ceasefire from the next meeting, the trilateral one," Merz said.

 "Let's increase the pressure on Russia," said Merz, the only one among European leaders to speak about a ceasefire, ahead of the trilateral meeting with Putin.

But Trump explained that there was no need for a ceasefire in the six wars he has resolved. But ultimately, that is in the hands of Putin and Zelensky, Trump added.

The German Chancellor's statement did not please Trump, who emphatically said there was no ceasefire in any war that I resolved.

"Well, how did you get so angry? I'm jealous," he told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Speaking alongside European leaders and Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a "very good" conversation with President Trump. He then provided details from that conversation.

" We talked about very sensitive points. The first is security guarantees. Security in Ukraine depends on the United States, on you and on those leaders who are with us in our hearts. Many countries are on the side of Ukraine, our people, and we all want to end this war. We will talk more about security guarantees. It is very important that the United States gives such strong signals and is ready for security guarantees ," he said.

He thanked Melania Trump again for her letter to Vladimir Putin regarding the kidnapped Ukrainian children, as he did in the Oval Office earlier.

" What is very important is that all the sensitive things, territorial, etc., we will discuss at the leadership level during the trilateral meeting and President Trump will try to organize such a meeting ," he said.

Zelenskyy added: " I showed the president a lot of details on the battlefield, on the map. Thanks for the map, by the way ."

Trump and Zelenskyy then politely joked that they would make sure the Ukrainian took the map home with him.

President Donald Trump has begun his meeting with EU leaders after meeting with Zelensky. At the start, he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts security guarantees for Ukraine.

Speaking earlier, Trump said: "I believe that in a very important step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine."

He adds: "I think European nations will take on a big part of the burden. We will help them and make it very safe."

"We should also discuss possible territory exchanges," he said.

"Thank you very much. We had a very good day, we all have a common goal to stop the killings. I had the honor of talking to President Zelensky, we talked about many issues, I spoke indirectly with Putin, I will talk to him during the day, maybe we will have a trilateral meeting."

"We haven't seen anything like this since World War II," said Donald Trump, US President, at a White House roundtable with European leaders on Ukraine.

Trump did not hesitate to compliment all those present, some more and some less, while emphasizing the trilateral meeting.

Regarding territorial issues, Trump said it is up to President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people to decide what they want to do.

"I am optimistic that we can reach an agreement that will determine the future of Ukraine," Trump said, emphasizing that the next step will be the trilateral meeting.

The US President then said that "we prefer an immediate ceasefire, but we are working towards a long-term peace."

"I like a ceasefire because it stops the killing, but a peace agreement is possible. As soon as I walk out the door, a conflict could start somewhere else and I will stop it," he said.

Trump met with European leaders after meeting with Zelensky.

They arrived before the US leader's meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But Trump and Zelenskyy sat together to answer reporters' questions.

Trump then moved on to the European leaders where they took a "family photo." They then sat down at a table where they will talk about the situation and what is expected from the meeting.