The trip will take place in a show of solidarity as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the three-year mark, one EU official said.
The European Union’s College of Commissioners will travel to Kyiv next week after top European leaders were left out of U.S. President Donald Trump’s talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia, the European Commission announced Monday.
The European commissioners’ visit will follow Monday’s emergency summit of European leaders in Paris who are scrambling to make long-term plans for the bloc’s security amid the start of a second Trump administration.
As Europe’s leaders convene, joined by the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, U.S. officials are preparing for negotiations with Russia in Saudi Arabia.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Riyadh Monday for the talks. The White House has not disclosed who exactly the American officials will be meeting in the Saudi capital.
Elisa Braun and Pieter Haeck contributed reporting.