European leaders are gathering on Monday for a special summit to discuss plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine.
Leaders from Germany, Britain, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark are expected to attend the informal meeting in Paris.
The meeting would hold alongside European Council President António Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, the Élysée Palace said.
Europe and Ukraine insist they should be part of peace talks.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said both Ukraine and Europe should be involved in negotiations.
Beyond that, European leaders in Paris would discuss a broader strategy in relation to the new U.S. administration after a series of demands and criticisms from Washington.
Neither representatives of Ukraine nor the Europeans would be at the table during the talks in Saudi Arabia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously said on U.S. television that he would not accept any peace solution in which Ukraine had not participated, NAN reports.
