Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held a brief but consequential behind-the-scenes meeting at the G7 summit in Evian on June 16, 2026, as Kyiv sought to revive stalled peace talks with Moscow.
The session was not announced in advance and was not on the official summit schedule. Participants described it as a working conversation to assess common ground before any formal negotiating process could be relaunched.
Zelensky used the meeting to press for firmer Western security guarantees as a prerequisite for engaging Russia diplomatically. Trump and Macron did not publicly characterize the outcome, though aides said the conversation was substantive.
The encounter underscored how the G7 framework had become a venue for ad hoc conflict diplomacy alongside its traditional economic agenda. Whether the impromptu exchange would accelerate a peace process remained unclear as the summit continued.
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Sources:
https://kyivindependent.com/