European leaders expressed support for a three-way summit between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and US President Donald Trump. Following a US-Russia summit that didn't produce a ceasefire, leaders including Macron and Starmer emphasized maintaining pressure on Russia through sanctions until peace is reached. They stated that Russia must not have a veto over Ukraine's EU and NATO membership. Macron highlighted the need for unbreakable security guarantees in any future peace deal and criticized Russia's tendency to not fulfill commitments, while welcoming Trump's unspecified security guarantees for Ukraine.
We will continue to strengthen sanctions and wider economic measures to put pressure on Russia's war economy until there is a just and lasting peace.
French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned against what he said was Russia's 'well-documented tendency to not keep its own commitments'.
The European leaders insisted on maintaining pressure on Russia until peace was achieved, including through sanctions.
Macron argued for any future peace deal to have 'unbreakable' security guarantees.
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