“In one or two weeks from now we will know if we can solve this scary war,” the US president said characteristically Donald Trump At the beginning of the historical session for the Ukraine with European leaders in the White House.
Donald Trump stressed that “he knows that Russian President Vladimir Putin also wants to find a solution” in the Ukraine war. “We have two parts that willingly declare to reach an agreement. I believe it is possible, we will be able to save thousands of lives lost every week, “he added.
At the start of the summit, after the “family photo”, Trump said he spoke with Putin in the morning and would contact him again after the end of the talks in Washington. “We may have a great, tripartite encounter in the future,” he said.
The US president personally thanked all the attendees, describing his “friends” as British Prime Minister Kir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz and “great leader” by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia.
I was in the light of NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte, he said that he was “doing a great job” while French President Emmanuel Macron “is by the beginning”. Addressing Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, he said to him, “You’ve tanned, you go, I want such tan, too,” to add that he too does a “great job.” To European Commission President Ursula von der Laien said that “it is a woman who respects the world”, recalling the recently reached trade agreement between the US and the EU.
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Referring to the recent Alaska Summit, Trump said that we “made significant steps”, assuring that “Putin is willing to accept security guarantees”. Europe will lift a lot of these guarantees but “we will contribute to security,” he added, noting: “We are here to discuss who will do what.”
“Our goal is to save human lives. We all want a lasting peace, maybe this will happen after today’s meeting. I want a ceasefire because it puts an end to the killings but it is not necessary to have a peacekeeping agreement, “he said, admitting that” initially he thought it was simple to end the war in Ukraine “but eventually the issue proved to be more complex.
“We will get to a solution today, including security issues,” he insisted.
Then the leaders of Ukraine and other countries spoke. Their statements were monopolized by the issue of security guarantees, with Zelenski stressing that “it is important for the US to give a loud message that they are willing to provide security guarantees”. The Ukrainian president, like von der Laen, stressed that the children who have been abducted by Ukraine should be returned and on this occasion Zelenski once again thanked the first lady of the US Melania Trump for dealing with this issue.
German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz called for pressure to put pressure on Russia so that a ceasefire would be stopped until the next, trilateral meeting. For this trilateral meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron said he should follow a multilateral because “when talking about security guarantees we talk about the security of all Europe.
British Prime Minister Kir Starme described today’s “historic” day, commenting that the trilateral is “the absolutely reasonable next step” to be taken while Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said that this “very important day marks a new phase” because we are “here”. We will discuss very important issues, the first of which are the security guarantees in the standard of Article 5 of NATO and how this will not happen again. “
“Very Positive Step” described a trilateral and Stuby, noting that “in recent weeks there has been more progress than it had been achieved in previous years.”
It had been preceded by the US president’s quarter with the president of Ukraine …
A friendly meeting with Zelenski in the Oval Office
It was really a much more friendly reception at the Oval Office for Volodimir Zelenski after his unprecedented fight he had at the previous appointment with Donald Trump 6 months ago.
US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski were smiling during their meeting at the White House, With Zelenski, even appearing in a jacket to make Trump’s … joke.
Donald Trump said Washington would “help” Europe, providing security for Ukraine in the context of an agreement to end war with Russia. This statement was made at the start of the US president’s meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart at the Oval Office.
Speaking to a journalist, with Zelenski sitting next to him, Trump also expressed the hope that Today’s session will eventually lead to a trilateral with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As he said, he believes that Putin wants the war to end.
“We need to stop this war, stop Russia, and we need support from our Americans and our European partners,” Zelenski said.
Trump welcomed Zelenski himself at the entrance of the White House, tightened his hand and welcomed the black costume worn by the Ukrainian president – which usually appears everywhere with khaki, military surrounding. When a journalist asked Trump who his message to the Ukrainian people was, he replied twice: “We love them.”
Zelenski thanked him and Trump put his hand on his back, driving him inside the White House, where their last meeting, in February, ended devastatingly with Trump scolding the Ukrainian president in front of the cameras, before he was expelled. Today’s critical meeting appeared from the outset that it would be very different.
Zelenski, who had been criticized the previous time because, according to Trump’s supporters, did not sufficiently express his gratitude, now made sure to thank the US president immediately.
“Thank you for the invitation and thank you very much for your efforts, personal efforts to put an end to the slaughter and stop this war,” he told him. He also handed him a letter from his wife addressed to the First Lady of the US Melania Trump, saying: “It’s not for you, but for the First Lady.”
Last week, Trump gave Putin a letter from Melania Trump when they met in Alaska.
Trump, without going into details, said the US would be “involved” in the future security of Ukraine, a issue that is considered critical by Kiev and Europeans. He reiterated, however, that he did not consider it necessary to have a ceasefire in order to begin the peace process, as the Ukrainians and their European allies demand.
Trump also reiterated that he wanted to organize a trilateral meeting with Zelenski and Putin “if all goes well” and announced that he would speak by phone with the Russian president later today after his meetings with the Europeans were completed.
Present in Washington for this meeting organized by summary procedures are European Commission President Ursula von der Laien, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, British and Italian Prime Ministers Kirm Starmer and Georgia and Gyrtzia and Gyrtzia Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz.