by Antonia Colibasanu

NATO military chiefs and European defense ministers gathered in Paris last week to coordinate
policies on European security and continued support for Ukraine. The meeting came amid reports
that Washington and Kyiv had agreed to a ceasefire deal on the Ukraine-Russia war. These
developments followed a series of notable diplomatic engagements, including a summit on Ukraine in
London and separate bilateral meetings between U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of
France and the U.K.
The Securing Our Future London Summit, held on March 2, brought together the leaders of Europe
as well as Canada and Turkey. Its aim was to promote unity on European security and craft a
comprehensive peace plan for Ukraine that Europe could present to Washington, in the hope that it
could help secure U.S. backing for Kyiv in the long term. Hosted by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the
summit took place just days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tense meeting with
Trump in Washington. It appears to have made some progress in aligning European and U.S.
positions on ceasefire talks.
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