In a joint statement, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission said Ukraine alone must decide its future. Their declaration came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the joint position, saying Kyiv “values and fully supports” efforts to achieve peace while protecting Ukrainian and European interests. He said the end of the war must be fair, and thanked the European leaders for their united approach.
A White House official has said Trump is open to a three-way summit involving Mr Zelenskyy, but for now it remains a Trump–Putin meeting, as requested by Moscow.
Zelenskyy has warned that agreements made without Kyiv will be “dead decisions”. He rejected Mr Trump’s suggestion that there could be a “swapping of territories” to reach a deal.
U.S. media reports suggest the White House has explored a proposal allowing Russia to take the entire Donbas region and keep Crimea. European leaders have pushed back, saying borders must not be changed by force.
On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron also cautioned against any U.S.–Russia deal that sidelines Europe, saying Europeans “will necessarily be part of the solution, as their own security is at stake”.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance met UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and two of Zelenskyy’s top aides in London on Saturday. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said a lasting peace is only possible with Kyiv at the table.
The Alaska meeting will be the first between sitting U.S. and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in 2021. Nine months later, Russia launched its full-scale war, later declaring the annexation of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Moscow still holds swathes of Ukraine’s east, but has failed to secure a decisive breakthrough. Ukrainian offensives have also fallen short of forcing a Russian retreat.
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A fragile EU–U.S. trade deal is under strain following U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland. European leaders are now forced to weigh up not only their immediate response but also what a deeper trade confrontation could entail.
The German and French finance ministers said on Monday that European powers would not be blackmailed and that there would be a clear and united response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of higher tariffs over Greenland.
Global political and business leaders opened the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 56th Annual Meeting. Dubbed "A Spirit of Dialogue," the event will see geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and the rapid rise of frontier technologies discussed.
China said on Tuesday that the United States has invited Beijing to take part in President Donald Trump’s proposed 'Board of Peace' initiative on Gaza.
There was a common theme in speeches at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday (20 January). China’s Vice-Premier, He Lifeng, warned that "tariffs and trade wars have no winners," while France's Emmanuel Macron, labelled "endless accumulation of new tariffs" from the U.S. "fundamentally unacceptable."
U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington would “work something out” with NATO allies on Tuesday, defending his approach to the alliance while renewing his push for U.S. control of Greenland amid rising tensions with Europe.
At the World Economic Forum’s “Defining Eurasia’s Economic Identity” panel on 20 January 2026, leaders from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Serbia discussed how the South Caucasus and wider Eurasian region can strengthen economic ties, peace and geopolitical stability amid shifting global influence.
The European Union has proposed new restrictions on exports of drone and missile-related technology to Iran, while preparing additional sanctions in response to what it described as Tehran’s "brutal suppression" of protesters.
Türkiye is closely monitoring developments in Syria and considers the country’s unity and territorial integrity vital for regional stability, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told President Donald Trump during a phone call on Tuesday, according to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate.
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