ISTANBUL

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Sunday that she will be joining the upcoming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington, DC on Monday.

“At the request of President Zelenskyy, I will join the meeting with President Trump and other European leaders in the White House tomorrow,” von der Leyen said in a statement on the US social media company X.

The European Commission president further announced that she would welcome the Ukrainian president in Brussels “this afternoon,” adding they will both participate in a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” via videoconference.

Zelenskyy and Trump will meet in the White House on Monday, just days after a key summit between the US president and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was held in Alaska on Friday.