French President Emmanuel Macron said he intends to tell Donald Trump that it's in the joint interest of Americans and Europeans not to “be weak” in the face of Russia's Vladimir Putin amid U.S.-led negotiations to end the almost three-year war in Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he will travel to Washington to try to convince President Donald Trump that his interests were in line with European allies and that showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

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French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he arrives for a meeting with European leaders on Ukraine and European security at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France,

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Washington on Monday to discuss Ukraine with US President Donald Trump, the French Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. "The [French] president has spoken to the American president several times.