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"That will be part of the discussions, which will now start. We will try to bring them to the next stage of understanding over the coming days and weeks, of course," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said.

Special U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff says Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to allow the U.S. and Europe to offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO's collective defense mandate.

Trump: “President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight."

Trump met with Putin in Alaska last Friday. The leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy and the European Union and NATO then agreed to descend on Washington along with Zelenskyy, after Trump appeared to abandon a stance favouring a ceasefire be agreed to before work on a comprehensive peace deal.

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European leaders will join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for a meeting in Washington days after Donald Trump's summit with Russia's Putin in Alaska.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Monday NATO membership for Ukraine was not under discussion but that there was a discussion on "Article 5" type security guarantees for the country that Russia invaded in February 2022.