If it were up to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, it would be a peace deal to end the war with Russia that would be being signed in Geneva on Friday, rather than an agreement between the United States and Iran.The Ukrainian leader said as much in remarks on the sidelines of the G7 in Évian-les-Bains on Tuesday, when he described making this very proposal to French president Emmanuel Macron back when the event was first being organised.“When I was invited to G7, I made a phone call to him and said: Emmanuel, what do you think about during the G7 meeting ... we can use this opportunity and try to organise meeting with Russians,” Zelenskiy recalled in an interview with Reuters.“Maybe in Switzerland, in neutral country ... He was very happy with this idea,” Zelenskiy continued. “But Russians didn’t react ... they didn’t support.”The cameras were rolling to capture the moment when, in an overt show of warmth, Macron strode out of the G7 venue to embrace Zelenskiy as he arrived by car. Microphones incidentally picked up some of their casual talk, with Macron asking Zelenskiy if he had any bilateral meetings with other leaders planned. Zelenskiy replied that US president Donald Trump had expressed a desire to meet with him in a phone call on Sunday. “Okay, I will arrange that,” Macron promised.US president Donald Trump (left) meets with French president Emmanuel Macron in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Monday. Photograph: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times