Paris Meeting On Ukraine Peace Plan Cancelled Amid U.S. Uncertainty

A meeting scheduled for Saturday in Paris to discuss the Ukraine conflict has been cancelled.

A source at the Élysée Palace revealed to Polish media group RMF24 that the talks will not take place. Senior representatives from Ukraine, the United States and several European countries had been expected to attend the talks.

On Thursday, Axios reported, citing Ukrainian officials and the White House, that a meeting on a U.S.-backed peace plan would take place in Paris with participants from Ukraine, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. The talks were expected to involve senior American officials, though it remained unclear who would represent Washington.

Axios also noted uncertainty over the participation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Ukraine and European countries were expected to be represented by their national security advisers.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump held what it described as a “tense” phone call with European leaders, during which he planned to urge them to press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept the U.S. peace plan. According to the report, the proposal would require major concessions from Kyiv.

On Friday, the German government’s press service said Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet Zelenskyy on Monday to discuss the state of peace negotiations. European leaders, along with representatives from the European Union and NATO, are expected to take part.

A day earlier, Trump confirmed that a meeting was planned in Europe for Saturday but said U.S. participation was uncertain.

“We’ll come if there’s a real chance. We don’t want to waste time. We want this to happen so we can save many lives,” the White House chief said at the time.

The Paris meeting has now been cancelled entirely, with officials citing a lack of progress as the apparent reason.