The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, announced this Saturday that he has accepted an invitation from his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, to meet Monday in Washington and addressing all “details” related to war in the country of Eastern Europe. The announcement of the meeting comes hours after the, in which Trump received the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
It will be the first visit to the White House of the Ukrainian president from the failed meeting of the late February. On that occasion, Trump and Zelenski maintained one. On this occasion, The new meeting between both leaders comes with the shadow of the rupture of diplomatic isolation of Putin.
Trump and Zelenski have talked on the phone this Saturday after the Alaska meeting, “A long and substantial motion”in the words of the Ukrainian president. Zelenski has explained on social networks that they first maintained a private conversation, lasting one hour, to which other European leaders were then added.
Transatlantic contacts
After the appointment with Putin, Trump has had a joint telephone conversation with the leaders of United Kingdom, Italy, France, Finland, Germany and Polandas well as the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the general secretary of NATO, Mark Rutte. This has been confirmed by a Downing Street spokesman, who explained that British prime minister Keir Starmer has participated in the conversation.
Trump has appealed to Zelenski and Europe to reach an entente with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. The president of the United States has opined that. While he has remarked that the pact is in the hands of Zelenski, he has also urged “European nations to get a bit involved” to end hostilities.
Tres Bandas Negotiation
“It is important that the United States force has an impact on the evolution of the situation,” said Zelenski. The Uncranian leader He has once again defended the extension of the negotiations to a three -band format, in which kyiv is also present.
“Ukraine reaffirms his willingness to work with the maximum effort to achieve peace,” he added. Zelenski sees “important” that European countries “are involved in all phases”with views for example to adopt the security guarantees that Ukraine claims, in which kyiv hopes that the United States will also be involved.
