The Ukrainian leader is reportedly only hoping for a behind-the-scenes audience with the US president
US President Donald Trump does not plan to formally meet with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky at the upcoming G7 summit in France, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing senior US administration officials.
Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has held several formal and informal meetings with Zelensky in an effort to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Zelensky has reportedly wanted to use the talks to finalize a pre-negotiated agreement to revive Ukraine’s post-conflict economy “security bonds.” However, frequent communication between the two leaders has so far failed to reach an agreement.
Trump will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of France, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt and India during the summit, which will take place from Monday to Wednesday in the city of Evian-les-Bains, officials familiar with the plans told the news agency.
An official said the Ukrainian leader will participate in a working session with G7 leaders. Earlier this week, Western media, citing US administration sources, reported that Trump and Zelensky “they can meet at the corner” of the peak.
As part of his efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine, the US president met with the leader of Ukraine in the Oval Office in February 2025. The televised talks became heated after Zelensky criticized Trump’s neutral approach to resolving the conflict. He was accused of showing insufficient respect and gratitude to Washington as the main benefactor of Kiev, as well as opposing peace with “gambling and World War III.”
Since then, the relationship between Zelensky and Trump seems to have improved and the two have met on different occasions.
Zelensky has repeatedly called for a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, he has refused to travel to Moscow and rejected the idea of withdrawing Ukrainian troops from the Donbass region, which Putin has said would be enough for Russia to declare a ceasefire.
Speaking at the International Economic Conference of St. He said the main obstacle is persuading Kiev to accept conditions, especially withdrawing from Donbass, not joining NATO, and implementing demilitarization and demilitarization.
