The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has held a “very productive” meeting in Rome with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski shortly before attending the funeral of Pope Francis in the Plaza de San Pedro, as announced by the White House.
The encounter between the two It was advanced At first by the spokesman of the Presidency of Ukraine, Sergii Nikiforov.
The US president anticipated the meeting with Zelenski this last Friday, before leaving to the Italian capital to say goodbye to Francisco’s mortal remains, deceased on Monday at 88 years of age.
The meeting occurs in a very tense moment of relationships between both countries for the reluctance of Zelenski at the time of Accept the terms of peace raised by Trump, who do not contemplate the withdrawal of Russia in the Ukrainian territories that it has under its control.
Trump has also expressed his frustration for slowness of Ukraine in the process to sign an economic association agreement.
Zelenski arrives between applause
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has been applauded this Saturday when making an appearance in the Plaza de San Pedro from Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, who died last Monday at 88 years of age.
The crowd gathered in front of the basilica, in a certain silence until then, He has celebrated the arrival of the Ukrainian president, who was about to suspend his assistance to address the Russian attack against kyiv last Thursday, which left a dozen dead.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, who also attends the funeral, showed on Friday the possibility of maintaining a conversation with Zelenski about the course of the war in Ukraine, on which both have maintained deep disagreements.
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