Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski met on Saturday – their first meeting since a hot exchange in the White House two months ago.
The two leaders conducted a discussion inside Bazilica St. Peter, ahead of the funeral of the Pope, with French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer attended during the first moments.
Zelenskyy and Trump have not met since their hot exchange of the Oval Office on February 28, in which Trump said about the Ukraine war against Russia, “You will either face a deal or we are outside.”
Trump and Zellinski’s meeting in Rome was the first of them since their clash at the Oval Office on February 28.
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Four days later, Trump announced the cessation of US military aid, and the European Union announced the “era of re -armament”, as the defense defense revealed.
The meeting of the Oval Office was in the glow of the press in the world, but the photos of the meeting of the Rome meeting were sitting Trump and Zelinski sitting close to some of the assistants or interpreters.
Andrii Yermak, a senior assistant to Zelenskyy, shared a picture of the leaders in the Church of St. Peter cable. “Building”, wrote.
Stephen Cheung, White House Communications Manager, called “a very fruitful discussion.”
X published, Zelenskyy said that the meeting was. “Good meeting.
“We discussed a lot on one. Hoping results on everything we covered. Protecting the lives of our people. A complete and unconditional ceasefire. A reliable and permanent peace that would prevent another war from going out. A very symbolic meeting can become historic, if we achieve common results,” he said.
The Roma meeting comes after Steve Whittvo, the peace envoy appointed to Trump, traveled to Moscow for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin Advisor, Yuri Ushakov, said that the talks focused on “the possibility of resuming direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.”
After Witkoff returned, Trump said on Truth Social that “most of the main points are agreed” and that the ceasefire deal between Kiev and Moscow was “very close.”
While he was preparing to leave for Rome on Friday, Trump told reporters that the talks were “very fragile”. He has also warned that the United States may cut mediation efforts if an agreement is not reached soon.
After the meeting on Saturday, Zelinski was received with applause when he got out of the Church of St. Peter after he paid his respect in front of the coffin of the Pope.
Trump later wrote a long job on social truth, where he invited the war in Ukraine.Sleepy Joe Biden’s War, not mine. It was a loser from the first day. “
This long position ended, “There was no reason for Putin to shoot missiles in civilian regions, cities and towns, during the past few days. This makes me think that he may not want to stop the war, he only clicks me, and must be dealt with differently, through” banking “or” secondary penalties?
