French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris on Thursday as European and Ukrainian officials sought to plead Kyiv's case over the war in Ukraine.

French officials have praised talks held between key European countries, Ukraine, and the United States, the first involving the three sides since US President Donald Trump took power, as they look to end Europe's largest conflict since the end of World War II.

After hours of separate meetings at the French presidential palace with U.S., Ukrainian and European officials, French President Emmanuel Macron brought them all together for a final round of talks at the end of the day. The outcome of the negotiations wasn’t immediately clear.