The first ladies of Ukraine and the United States, Olena Zelenska y Melania Trumprespectively, they will meet next week on the margins of the General Assembly of the Him which is celebrated in New York to deal with humanitarian matters.
This was announced by the president Volodímir Zelenski, who also confirmed that he hopes to meet personally with his counterpart Donald Trump During his visit to New York, in a meeting with journalists in kyiv in which Efe participated.
“There will be a meeting with the US president and before that, a meeting between the first ladies of Ukraine and the US on humanitarian issues, about children,” said Zelenski.
The scheduled meeting between the two ladies will be its first private meeting.
In the meeting with journalists, Zelenski also said that he hopes to keep numerous UN assembly on the margins meetings with leaders and representatives from different countriesin addition to Trump.
Among the issues to be discussed, the Ukrainian head of state highlighted the so -called mineral agreement, signed by Washington with kyiv to have privileged access to the natural resources of Ukraine in exchange for US investments in the country.
Zelenski also announced that on the occasion of the celebration of the Assembly a summit will be held in New York for the return of the thousands of Ukrainian minors who have remained in territory controlled by Russia since the beginning of the invasion.
Up to 38 delegations have so far confirmed their participation in that summit, said the Ukrainian President.
Security guarantees
In addition, the Ukrainian president hopes to get from Trump clear support for security guarantees postwar for Ukraine that for now have pledged to offer more than twenty European countries.
The president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski. / Aaron Schwartz / Pool / Efe
“We have prepared the foundation for security guarantees that is willing to offer Europe, counting on the fact that the US is added,” Zelenski said in a meeting with journalists in which Efe participated when he was asked about what he expects from the meeting he has to maintain with Trump on the banks of the UN General Assembly in New York.
The Ukrainian President referred to the meeting they held this week Trump and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, in which both leaders dealt with the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine.
Twenty -six allies of Ukraine, fundamentally European, committed themselves earlier this month to provide the country with security guarantees once this war ends to prevent Russia from invading its territory.
Some of the countries willing to contribute have subject their availability to send troops to Ukrainian territory after the war to be offered Firm support that could go through the air coverage contingent that reinforces the deterrence to Russia.
Trump has ruled out sending troops to Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin said he will not accept the deployment of foreign soldiers in Ukraine.
Economy and humanitarian issues
In addition to the security guarantees -especially those that Ukraine and its European allies have maintained intense contacts at both military and civil -Zelenski will address other priority issues for kyiv in New York.
“Commerce, Technology, Defense, the Mineral Agreement“He said in reference to the Agreement signed with the US, which obtains privileged access to Ukrainian natural resources in exchange for guaranteeing investments that contribute to the economic recovery of Ukraine.
In the margins of the UN General Assembly, a summit will also be held – to which 38 delegations from different countries and international organizations have already confirmed – to move towards the return to territory under kyiv control of the thousands of Ukrainian minors who have remained in Russian hands after the beginning of the invasion.
