Second crisis Ukraine summit planned for Wednesday – POLITICO Europe
More EU leaders, plus Norway and Canada, are expected to attend, 48 hours after previous talks. BRUSSELS — European and other world leaders are planning to hold a second emergency summit in Paris on Wednesday as pressure grows to forge a cohesive response to Donald Trump’s divisive plan to end the war in Ukraine.A smaller group of leaders — including those from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Denmark and the United Kingdom — gathered in the French capital on Monday, after being left reeling from United States President Trump’s decision to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin and leave them out in the cold. The latest meeting has not been officially confirmed but is likely to go ahead, two European officials said on Tuesday evening. “For the time being we can’t indicate anything,” said a French government spokesperson when asked about the meeting.The EU countries of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Finland, Romania, Sweden and Belgium as well as Canada and Norway ― both NATO allies ― are invited to Wednesday’s talks, according to Reuters, who first reported the development.Paris has yet to confirm the full list.Monday’s French-led effort to present a united front on Ukraine in the face of rising fear over Trump’s intentions fizzled as they failed to agree on sending troops to police a possible peace deal.The U.S. and Russia held bilateral talks in Saudi Arabia for 4.5 hours on Tuesday, in which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to form high-level negotiating teams to discuss a settlement to the war in Ukraine.Neither Ukraine nor Europe had a representative at the negotiating table.This story has been updated to clarify the list of expected attendees.The U.N. agency — which Israel partially banned on Monday — says over 70 percent of Gaza’s population relies on its services to eat.Rights watchdogs have raised strong concerns about the centers, with one lawyer describing them as “an Italian Guantanamo.” “For the first time at an EU meeting, in a real way, I’ve seen significant discussion on sanctions and ‘what if,’” Ireland’s foreign minister said.Reactions ranged from welcoming the International Criminal Court’s decision to slamming it as “appalling” and “non comprehensible.”
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