«The heads of state and government will discuss the work on security guarantees for Ukraine carried out by the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in recent weeks, and will draw conclusions from Russia's refusal to accept peace after the meeting in Washington on 18 August»the Élysée Palace statement says
Ten national leaders will attend the summit in person. Besides Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky, they are Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as well as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, Poland's Donald Tusk and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will also take part in the summit. Another 28 leaders will join the meeting by video link. A call with US President Donald Trump is scheduled afterwards.
