WASHINGTON

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he is working to arrange a sit-down with the presidents of Ukraine and Russia after hours-long talks at the White House with European leaders.

Trump said the meetings were "very good" and addressed security guarantees for Ukraine, including which commitments "would be provided by the various European Countries, with a coordination with the United States of America."

"Everyone is very happy about the possibility of PEACE for Russia/Ukraine. At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President (Vladimir) Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy," he said on the American social media platform Truth Social.

"After that meeting takes place, we will have a Trilat, which would be the two Presidents, plus myself. Again, this was a very good, early step for a War that has been going on for almost four years. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine," he added.

Zelenskyy separately told reporters that he is ready to meet with Putin in any format and said it was Russia that offered the bilateral meeting followed by Trump's inclusion. He said no date has yet been set.

Negotiations over key components of a prospective deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine took place over two rounds, culminating in a leaders-only Oval Office sit-down after a separate expanded East Room huddle.

Leaders were expected to address several key components of a peace deal, including security guarantees for Ukraine and territorial swaps between Moscow and Kyiv.

NATO Secretary-General Marrk Rutte said officials are not discussing NATO membership for Ukraine but are considering providing Kyiv with "Article Five-type" commitments. He was alluding to the mutual defense clause that serves as the fundamental pillar of the transatlantic alliance.

Rutte said 30 countries, including Australia and Japan, are working on security guarantees for Ukraine.

“What the US has now said is that the United States wants to get involved in this. Exactly what is meant by US involvement will be discussed over the coming days," he said during an interview with Fox News.

Among the officials who participated in the talks were UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. Rutte also took part.