Trump and Zelensky, the meeting in the Basilica of San Pietro. And the Ukrainian leader has a counter -proposal on the peace plan
Trump and Zelensky have seen themselves « for about fifteen minutes » in the Basilica of San Pietro, and they will see each other after the end of the funeral ceremony for Pope Francis. Kiev’s number one would also plan meetings with European leaders
First contact this morning between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky. The spokesman for the Ukrainian leader first, and that of the US president then confirmed the meeting, which would last about fifteen minutes and took place inside the Basilica of San Pietro.
The images – historical – of the meeting, defined as « very prooductive » by the American sources, were published by the spokesperson of the Ukrainian leader on social networks before the conclusion of the funeral of Pope Francis.
Trump and Zelensky – who also briefly met with the French president Macron and British premier Starmer – agreed to see each other later, after the funeral ceremony.
It is the first face to face between the two leaders after the harsh clash that took place in the oval studio last February, and takes place at a critical moment of the negotiating effort to bring to the end of the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, on the field, the Russian offensive does not stop: a few minutes after the end of the pope’s funeral, Putin has announced the complete reconquest of the Kursk region.
However, the only diplomatic commitment of Zelensky in Rome will not be. AND It is possible that the Ukrainian president is also seen, for a two -way comparison, with some European leaders.
The most probable track leads to the British premier, Keir Starmercertainly one of the most active on the margins of the funeral. Last night, April 25, Starmer had been to Palazzo Chigi: thirty minutes with Giorgia Meloni.
The funeral of Pope Francis, live
According to the « New York Times » reports, Zelensky would like to present to Trump and, perhaps also to European leaders, A counter -proposal on the peace plan developed by the White House.
In recent days, the US vice president JD Vance had illustrated a three -point scheme. First: the official recognition of the Russian Annexation of Crimea. Second: the freezing of the front, allowing the Kremlin to maintain control of the occupied territories. Third: no possibility for Ukraine to enter NATO.
Zelensky had immediately contested the plant system which, in fact, reproduces most of the requests made by Vladimir Putin.
The Ukrainian leader asks to introduce three elements. First of all the maintenance of a robust and efficient army. Then the deployment of A force of interposition on the territory formed by the « coalition of the willing » and with the support of the United States. In the end The use of Russian monetary reservesmainly frozen in European banks, to finance the post -war reconstruction.
