UKRINFORM as follows: "We also discussed [with the president of Ukraine] the upcoming NATO summit to be held in Brussels in mid-June....The summit participants will discuss a formal definition of the path which Ukraine should follow towards membership in the North Atlantic Alliance...." Duda also affirmed that Ukraine's conflict with Russia was "a fundamental cause" for not only Kiev but for "other friends from this part of Europe." Interfax-Ukraine reminded its readers that at a briefing on April 16 after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukraine's Zelensky expected "to hear support for the provision of the Membership Action Plan at the NATO summit."