Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, who has long positioned herself as a “bridge” between the Trump administration and Europe, on Monday arrived in Washington for talks with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders.

The European leaders were left out of Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last Friday, and they want to safeguard Ukraine and the continent from any widening aggression from Moscow.

Many are coming with the explicit goal of protecting Ukraine’s interests — a rare show of diplomatic force.

By coming as a group, they hope to avoid debacles like Zelenskyy’s February meeting in the Oval Office, where Trump chastised him for not showing enough gratitude for U.S. military aid.

Trump and Zelenskyy were due to meet in the Oval Office before European leaders join them in the East Room for talks.