The White House announced the time of the talks between Zelenskyy and Trump in Turkey

On July 8, U.S. President Donald Trump will spend the entire day at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled. 

All official events involving the President will take place at the Beştepe Presidential Complex. Talks between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. local time in Ankara (which is the same as Kyiv time and corresponds to 7:30 a.m. Washington time).

Immediately after his talks with the Ukrainian leader, the U.S. president’s schedule includes another bilateral meeting—with President Ahmed al-Sharaa of the Syrian Arab Republic. After the concluding press conference, Trump will fly from the Etimesgut military airfield back to Washington.

This was reported by Roll Call.

Today, July 7, the 36th NATO summit begins in Ankara and will last two days. Heads of state and government from all 32 NATO member countries, including U.S. President Donald Trump, will gather at the presidential complex.

As a reminder, NATO countries have reached the landmark level of 4% of GDP in defense spending.

The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland, and Poland will establish a new Multilateral Defense Financing Mechanism (MDM).

Finnish President Alexander Stubb stated that NATO countries, including the United States, are currently supporting Ukraine’s large-scale campaign to strike Russian territory, with the aim of forcing Moscow to return to the negotiating table.