Germany Merz announces further phone call with Trump
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is insisting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj be included in the top-level talks between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine. The CDU politician announced on ARD's "Tagesthemen" that he wanted to speak to Trump on the phone today to discuss the summit planned for Friday in Alaska.
10.08.2025, 16:41
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"We are preparing intensively for this meeting at European level together with the American government," said Merz. It is assumed that Selenskyj will be involved. "In any case, we cannot accept that territorial issues between Russia and America are discussed or even decided over the heads of the Europeans, over the heads of the Ukrainians. I assume that the American government sees it the same way."
"Europeans do not want to and must not be onlookers"
The Federal Chancellor expressed the hope that a ceasefire in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine would also be decided at the summit meeting. It was a diplomatic initiative, as the Europeans had already taken. They are working together continuously to find solutions. He reiterated: "The Europeans do not want to and must not be onlookers when it comes to a very important strategic issue for the future of Europe."
This Friday, Trump and Putin want to negotiate in the US state of Alaska about a possible peace solution in the Russian war of aggression that has been going on for almost three and a half years. Selenskyj, who has not been invited, fears, like his Western partners, that decisions will be made over Ukraine.
