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Zelenskyy says will meet Trump in Washington, ready for cooperation

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United Arab Emirates

Saturday, August 16


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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will head to Washington on Monday to discuss “ending the killing and the war” with US President Donald Trump, he announced Saturday.

Zelenskyy said so after holding a call with Trump, during which the US leader informed him about the “main points” of his talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

“On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war,” Zelenskyy said.

“I am grateful for the invitation.”

Zelenskyy said he had a “long and substantive conversation with Trump”, which began as a one-on-one talk, before being joined by European leaders.

The Washington meeting is set to take place three days after Trump’s talks with Putin in Alaska ended with no ceasefire announcement or apparent breakthrough to end Moscow’s more than three-year-long invasion.

The day after the US-Russia summit, Zelenskyy called for Kyiv’s European allies to be involved at “every stage” of talks.

The Ukrainian leader said that Kyiv is ready for constructive cooperation and supports trilateral meeting of leaders of US, Ukraine and Russia.

“Ukraine reaffirms its readiness to work with maximum effort to achieve peace,” Zelenskyy said on X social network.

“We support President Trump’s proposal for a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the USA, and Russia. Ukraine emphasizes that key issues can be discussed at the level of leaders, and a trilateral format is suitable for this,” he added.

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