UK’s Starmer to attend emergency European summit in Paris

“It’s clear Europe must take on a greater role in NATO as we work with the United States to secure Ukraine’s future and face down the threat we face from Russia,” Starmer said, according to the media reports.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski talked about the meeting at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, saying his country’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk will be heading to Paris. Sikorski said he expects the emergency meeting to discuss the challenges posed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

It’s still unclear who else will be attending the Paris meeting. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have been invited, Bloomberg reported.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is scheduled to meet with Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, on Monday in Brussels.

Plans for the informal summit come after a week that saw Trump hold a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace talks over the war in Ukraine, and an announcement of a face-to-face meeting proposed to take place in Saudi Arabia.

Trump officials are heading to Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start the talks. The European Union hasn’t been invited to the negotiating table. Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials aren’t aware of any talks, and no delegation is travelling to Saudi Arabia.

Victor Goury-Laffont contributed reporting.