The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, arrived in Washington where he is to have a bilateral meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump. The White House announced the program of the crucial summit to start the peace negotiations with Russia, after the Alaska summit. Six European leaders accompany the Ukrainian leader and will participate in extensive group discussions, which are scheduled after the front-facing-ezenski meeting.
“I am grateful to the President of the United States for the invitation. We all want to put an end to this war quickly and permanently.” And I hope that our common strength with America and our European friends will force Russia to accept a real peace, “Zelenski said on social networks, after his arrival at Washington.
European leaders will meet with US president in Washington, in an attempt to strengthen Zelenski's position, in the context of the White House leader, Ukraine presses a fast peace agreement, after the summit with Vladimir Putin, to end the bloodiest war in Europe in the last 80 years.
Trump has accepted Moscow's position in search of a peace agreement instead of an armistice.
“If peace will not be possible here and this conflict will continue in the form of a war, people will continue to die with thousands … Unfortunately, we may arrive in this situation, but we do not want to get there,” said Secretary of Marco Rubio in an interview with the show “Face The Nation” from CBS.
Trump discussed Ukraine in several posts on social media on Sunday. In one of them, he promised “great progress in Russia” without specifying what it refers to.
