Six European countries have jointly said that any peace talks with Russia must include Kyiv.

“The path to peace in Ukraine cannot be determined without Ukraine,” the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, and Finland said in a joint statement, the BBC reported.

Their statement came after US President Donald Trump said he would meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska on Friday as part of a renewed effort to end the war.

Concerned that Ukraine would not be invited to its peace talks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that any agreement without Kiev would be considered a “dead decision.” A White House official said on Saturday that Trump would be open to a three-way meeting with both Putin and Zelensky, but for now it would be just the two of them, as the Russian leader had initially requested.

Trump had previously suggested he might start by meeting with Putin alone, telling reporters he planned to “start with Russia.” But the US president also said he believed “we have the opportunity” to hold a three-way meeting with both Putin and Zelensky. Whether Putin would agree to that is unclear; he has repeatedly declined opportunities to hold direct talks, and the two leaders have not met face-to-face since Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine.

The European leaders stressed in a statement released late Saturday that “international borders should not be changed by force.” “Ukraine has the freedom to choose its destiny,” they said, stressing that their countries would continue to support Ukraine diplomatically, militarily, and financially.