“ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that during a conversation with US President Donald Trump, he asked him to influence Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is obstructing Ukraine’s progress towards membership in the European Union. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Zelenskyi’s words live on Euronews as part of a public summit on EU enlargement Details: Zelenskyi was asked whether he had spoken with Trump about Ukraine’s accession to the EU, and whether the American president supports it. “Donald Trump supports Ukraine as a future member of the EU. We talked with him about it. He supports it, and he understands that this is the choice of the Ukrainian people and that Ukraine is part of Europe – geographically, geopolitically and historically,” Zelenskyy answered. He added that he also mentioned the issue of the Hungarian veto in the conversation and asked Trump for assistance. “We talked about the blocking … by the leader of Hungary, and I asked President Trump if he would support me in helping us. He said he would do everything in his power,” the Ukrainian president said. To a clarifying question about possible time frames, Zelensky said that Trump did not mention this. We will remind: Viktor Orban and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet in Washington on November 7. One of the pressing issues during the meeting will probably be the issue of Hungary’s purchase of Russian energy resources, which it does not want to give up.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to Zelenskyi’s words live on Euronews as part of a public summit on EU enlargement
Details: Zelensky was asked whether he had spoken with Trump about Ukraine’s accession to the EU, and whether the American president supports it.
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“Donald Trump supports Ukraine as a future member of the EU. We talked with him about it. He supports it, and he understands that this is the choice of the Ukrainian people and that Ukraine is part of Europe – geographically, geopolitically and historically,” Zelenskyy answered.
He added that he also mentioned the issue of the Hungarian veto in the conversation and asked Trump for assistance.
“We talked about the blocking … by the leader of Hungary, and I asked President Trump if he would support me in helping us. He said he would do everything in his power,” the Ukrainian president said.
To a clarifying question about possible time frames, Zelensky said that Trump did not mention this.
We will remind:
- Viktor Orban and Donald Trump should meet in Washington November 7.
- One of the burning questions during the meeting is likely to be a question Hungary’s purchase of Russian energy resourceswhich she does not want to give up.