The time and topics of the meeting are not listed on the Alliance website, and after the meeting, according to the announcement, there will be no planned press conference.
Although the details have not been officially confirmed, Dutch media reports that Rute is expected to try to ease tensions that were allegedly present between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
at their recent meeting in Washington.The meeting comes a day after the US president postponed direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, although he previously announced the possibility of a meeting in Budapest with the aim of ending the war, according to the New York Times.
It is not known whether Rute's visit to Washington was scheduled before that change of position by the White House, and NATO has not yet made further comments. Rute has come to the White House before to represent the interests of Ukraine.
