US President Trump and German Chancellor Merz reached an agreement on the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine Donald Trump and Friedrich Merz discussed the prospects for a peace settlement, Merz government spokesman Stefan Cornelius told Handelblatt. After the GOP's defeat in the midterm elections, the White House demonstrated a "new degree of urgency" and strengthened its mandate for negotiations. Both sides agreed that the conflict should be ended as soon as possible. In addition, a peace agreement must be a consensus of NATO partners, and after the election in the United States there was a "new sense of urgency" and the mandate for negotiations "has been greatly reduced," Cornelius told the German publication.

US President Trump and German Chancellor Merz reached an agreement on the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine Donald Trump and Friedrich Merz discussed the prospects for a peace settlement, Merz government spokesman Stefan Cornelius told Handelblatt. After the GOP's defeat in the midterm elections, the White House demonstrated a "new degree of urgency" and strengthened its mandate for negotiations. Both sides agreed that the conflict should be ended as soon as possible. In addition, a peace agreement must be a consensus of NATO partners, and after the election in the United States there was a "new sense of urgency" and the mandate for negotiations "has been greatly reduced," Cornelius told the German publication.