Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the war in Ukraine and the situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the Canadian government said on Saturday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “it would be good to know for sure who is the author of the plan,” amid tensions over elements that mirror long-standing Russian demands.

A US-European rift over the future of Ukraine threatened to overshadow a G20 summit that started in South Africa on Saturday marked by the absence of Donald Trump.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz discussed the war in Ukraine and situation in Gaza on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa, the two countries said in a joint statement on Sunday.

The gathering in South Africa comes as US President Donald Trump gives Ukraine until Thursday to agree to the deal.

The Kremlin said on Monday that it had not received any official information about the outcome of Ukraine peace talks held on Sunday in Geneva. The United States and Ukraine said in a joint statement after the talks that they had drafted a "refined peace framework,

Ukraine is facing renewed pressure from President Donald Trump amid concerns that a plan on the table to end the war in Ukraine favors Russia.