French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters after speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump, that “territorial questions concerning Ukraine can be, and will be, negotiated only by the Ukrainian president.”
Trump will, at a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday, be seeking a ceasefire in Ukraine, Macron said, adding this objective was “very important.”
Trump would also be pushing for a trilateral meeting with Putin and Zelensky in the future, Macron said, adding that he hoped such a meeting could be held in Europe “in a neutral country that is acceptable to all parties.”
The French president said that there were currently “no serious land swap proposals” on the table.
