French president Emmanuel Macron was set to hold a bilateral meeting Saturday with US president-elect Donald Trump on the sidelines of the Notre-Dame Cathedral re-opening ceremony, the Elysée presidential palace said, reports FRANCE 24.
Macron's meeting with Trump will be followed by another bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said a statement from the Elysée presidential palace.
It was unclear, however, whether the three leaders would hold a joint meeting and no Trump-Zelensky meeting has been officially confirmed.
Ukrainian sources told AFP that there were efforts to arrange a meeting between Trump and Zelensky in Paris.
"The president of Ukraine will attend the celebrations on the occasion of the restoration of the cathedral of Notre-Dame. He will meet with President (Emmanuel) Macron," a source in the Ukrainian government told AFP.
The Ukrainian source said "other meetings are also possible, in particular with president-elect Donald Trump, who will also attend the event."
Trump and Zelensky are among around 40 world leaders on the VIP guestlist for the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral on Saturday.