The President of Estonia was sitting next to Trump at the funeral of the Pope Francis. After the farewell ceremony, he had a dialogue with the head of the White House, during which the parties discussed the upcoming bilateral visits and transatlantic relations. Caris also talked with Trump about the establishment of peace in Ukraine.
“I asked how the process of peaceful settlement was moving, and asked him to do everything so that the process continues so that the United States would not come out (From negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine. – “GORDON”). He promised to do this and said that we are close enough to the decision, since he had just met with [президентом Украины Владимиром] Zelensky. Of course, I did not ask him too details that this meeting gave him, ”said the President of Estonia.
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Estonia actively supports Ukraine in its struggle against the country of aggressor of the Russian Federation. She was the first in the world to recognize the actions of Russia in Ukraine by the genocide, the first to participate in the restoration of Ukraine. She handed over to Ukraine MANPADS Javelin, howitzers, anti -tank mines, anti -tank grenade launchers, mortars, vehicles, communications, medicines, personal protective equipment and dryers, the Estonian Ministry of Defense reported.
On April 26, the funeral ceremony with Pope Francis, which died on April 21, ended in the Vatican. According to BBC, at least 200 thousand people came to say goodbye to the pontiff, about 50 thousand were in the square during the mass.
There were many heads of states and governments at the ceremony, including US President Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who later held a meeting in the Vatican. Zelensky called the communication “good” and stated that he was hoping for the result of “all the things that sounded.” The White House Communications Director Stephen Chung called the presidential conversation productive, and Reuters wrote.
