German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to consult on Wednesday with US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders regarding the war in Ukraine, the government in Berlin said on Monday.

The calls come ahead of a scheduled meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine in Alaska on Friday. Trump has said the parties to the war were close to a deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year-old conflict.

Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday to try to resolve the three-year war but the EU has insisted that Kyiv and European powers should be part of any deal to end the conflict.