Surprising meeting of Trump and Selenskij on the edge of the Papstbeignises – Diepresse.com
On the edge of the funeral service for the late Pope Francis, there was a conversation between the Ukrainian and the US president.
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskij and US President Donald Trump surprisingly met in Rome on the sidelines of the funeral service for Pope Francis. The conversation in the Vatican was very productive, said the communication director of the White House, Steven Cheung. « Further details about the meeting will follow. » No details were announced from the Ukrainian side either.
It was the first personal encounter between the two presidents since the scandal with a word battle in the White House in February. On Friday, Trump announced in his short message service Truth Social that the talks about the end of the war in Ukraine had been reached in most important points. « The two sides should now meet at the highest level, » said Trump. As a spokesman Selksij’s media reports said, both presidents also want to meet after the funeral.
Trump had previously warned both sides that his government would give up their efforts for peace if the two sides would not quickly agree on an agreement. Recently, however, there were indications that there are still considerable differences about the conditions for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine as well as between the USA and Europe. The US government proposed to freeze the front line and accept Russian control over the crimean peninsula in 2014. Selenskij had excluded this several times. (APA/Reuters)
