Biden to meet with Zelensky in France: White House

President Biden is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while in France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day this week.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan previewed the meeting to reporters, which comes ahead of the Ukraine peace summit that the president is skipping.

“While he’s in Normandy, he’ll have the opportunity to sit down with President Zelensky and have an engagement with him to talk about the state of play in Ukraine and how we can continue to deepen our support for Ukraine,” Sullivan said in a briefing on Air Force One en route to France on Tuesday night.

In France, Biden will mark the anniversary of the D-Day invasion alongside other world leaders, and he will deliver remarks focused on democracy and freedom in Normandy on Thursday.

Sullivan also noted that Biden will be with Zelensky in Italy for the Group of Seven meeting next week.

The Ukraine peace summit is set to take place in Switzerland on June 15 and Sullivan, as well as Vice President Harris, will attend. Zelensky last week urged Biden to attend, Reuters reported, but Biden will be in Los Angeles that day for a high-dollar fundraiser with former President Obama.