Trump, Macron Hold Talks With Zelenskiy in Paris on Ukraine

  • Ukrainian leader says talks were ‘good and productive’
  • Trump’s visit signals rapid shift of power in Washington

Emmanuel Macron, center, meets with Donald Trump, left, and Volodymyr Zelenskiy at Elysee Palace in Paris on Dec. 7.

Photographer: Sarah Meyssonnier/AFP/Getty Images

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President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron held a joint meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Saturday ahead of the reopening of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.

Macron had sought the meeting to try to initiate a discussion on ending the war in Ukraine, an official in Macron’s office said. The three leaders posed together for photographers at the Elysee Palace and then met privately.