Zelensky: Talks with Trump were the best in the Pope's Bottom

Zelensky: Talks with Trump were the best in the Pope's Bottom

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Vatican was the "best" so far last month, with the two leaders discussing the US sanctions and the air defense of Ukraine.

Important conversations in the Vatican

The short meet during the burial of Pope Franziskus in April Ukraine, because there are concerns that the United States could go back to Kiev and cancel peace talks.

Both sides described the conversations as positive, what the first personal meeting since the Disaströnktrelle in Oval Office marked in February. Shortly afterwards, Trump questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin actually wanted peace, which was another sign that the US President seemed to lose patience with his Russian counterpart.

substantial discussions and agreements

"I think we have had the best conversation with President Trump that has existed so far," said Zelensky on Friday in comments, which was published by the Presidential Office of Ukraine on Saturday. "It may have been the shortest, but it was the most substantive."

Zelensky reported that the two discussed the US sanctions without going into detail, and described Trump's comments on this topic as "very strong". He added that he emphasized his wish to strengthen Ukraine's air defense, and said Trump that he hoped to buy American weapons. "I told him about the amount required, and he told me that they would work on the fact that these things are not free," said Zelensky.

ceasefire and progress

He added that he and Trump agreed that a 30-day ceasefire was "the right first step" and that "we will go in this direction." On Wednesday, Washington and Kiev signed a Important Agreement on minerals attempted.

a turning point in the relationships?

In his comments on Friday, Zelensky referred to the meeting in the Vatican as a turning point for securing an agreement and said that he had invalidated the Russian claims that Ukraine was not willing to make an agreement with the United States. "I am confident that President Trump began to see things a little differently after our meeting in the Vatican," he said optimistically.

The Ukrainian guide had previously praised the mineral agreement as a "really equivalent agreement" and said it was the "first result" of the meeting. According to the Ukrainian Minister of Economic Affairs Yulia Svyrydenko, the United States and Ukraine will found a joint investment fund, with the United States might contribute to this fund.

war and initiatives for peace

Zelensky also criticized a three -day armistice called by Putin at the end of the last month, which should last from midnight on May 8th to midnight on May 11th. The data of the proposed ceasefire coincide with the celebrations for Russia Day of the victory in the Second World War on May 9th and the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany.

Some international leaders, including China's XI Jinping and Belarus Aleksandr Lukaschenko, are expected for this date in Moscow to commit Russia's day of victory, which is intended for more than 25 million Soviet soldiers and civilians who died in the Second World War. "Kiev will not play a game to create a pleasant atmosphere that Putin could lead out of his isolation on May 9," emphasized Zelensky.