() President Donald Trump is moving to broker a face-to-face meeting between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks.

At the White House on Monday, Trump and Zelenskyy met with top European leaders, who aligned their positions particularly when it came to the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine in its war with Russia.

While Russia has refused to give up its demands, Trump said his meeting in Alaska with Putin last week led him to believe the Russian leader would “accept security guarantees for Ukraine.”

Details of any potential agreements reached during Monday’s meeting have not yet been revealed, but world leaders have appeared optimistic about the developments.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called a trilateral meeting to end the war “the sensible next step,” insisting that peace for Ukraine has to involve Ukraine itself. 

“I can’t imagine that the next meeting would take place without a ceasefire,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said during a roundtable discussion. “So let’s work on that, and let’s try to put pressure on Russia because the credibility of these efforts, these efforts we are undertaking today are depending on at least a ceasefire from the beginning of the serious negotiations from next step on.”

Immediately after Monday’s summit, Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin arranging a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy, followed by a trilateral meeting with all three leaders. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff were coordinating with Russia and Ukraine.

The White House said the goal is for Zelenskyy and Putin to meet within the next one to two weeks.

‘s Anna Kutz and partner The Hill contributed to this report.