ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - US President Donald Trump is set to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday in Washington, following the American leader’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

In a statement on Saturday, Zelensky said he held a phone call with Trump, following the latter’s meeting with Putin, which lasted for around an hour. Zelensky announced his “readiness to work with maximum effort to achieve peace,” and declared his support for a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine, and the US.

“On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation,” wrote Zelensky.

The meeting with Zelensky comes after Trump held a summit with Putin in Alaska on Friday, which he claimed served as a headway to reach an agreement to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Both Trump and Putin agreed that significant progress has been made to reach a ceasefire.

“We're not there yet, but we've made progress. There's no deal until there's a deal,” said Trump during a joint presser after the meeting. “There are just a very few that are left, some are not that significant, one is probably the most significant.”

For his part, Putin spoke generally about the meeting, expressing hope that the understandings reached during the summit will “pave the way for peace in Ukraine.”

Trump stated that he will be in touch with European and NATO leaders regarding the summit, briefing them on key points and ensuring follow-up meetings. European leaders joined the call between Trump and Zelensky after an hour, according to the Ukrainian leader’s statement.

After the announcement of the summit between Trump and Putin, Zelensky told reporters that Kyiv will not be a part of any peace plan involving ceding Ukrainian territory to Russia, claiming surrendering Donbas will lead to more Russian aggression.

Asked about potential territorial swaps prior to the meeting with Putin, Trump said that any decision in that regard is in Ukraine’s hands.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion in Ukraine in February 2022. The war has killed tens of thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

During the summit, Zelensky posted on X that the war is still ongoing, and that there is no order “nor even a signal” From Russia to indicate intention to end the aggression, citing recent attacks on various Ukrainian regions.