“Zelensky wants to meet with Trump on November 27 to discuss a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, photo: White House Source: Axios with reference to Yermak’s words.
Literally: The publication writes that, according to Yermak, “President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to meet with President Trump “as soon as possible” — possibly during Thanksgiving — to finalize a joint U.S.-Ukrainian agreement on the terms of ending the war.”
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Details: At the same time, the publication does not cite Yermak’s literal quote regarding the terms.
A U.S. official confirmed to Axios that there were talks with the Ukrainians about a meeting this week or next week, but said a date had not yet been set.
Trump will leave Washington for Thanksgiving on Tuesday night and plans to stay at Mar-a-Lago until Sunday.
Yermak told the publication that “holding a meeting somewhere on a holiday can have a symbolic meaning. “I hope that President Zelensky’s visit will take place as soon as possible, because … it will help President Trump continue his historic mission to end this war,” Yermak told the publication via Zoom.
“Because (Trump) can say: “Look, this is confirmed and agreed, our position with the Ukrainians. We support it, and we continue to talk with the Russians now,” the head of the OP added.
At the same time, Yermak said that the main issue is the territorial problem, which must be overcome” by the presidents of the USA and Ukraine.
What happened before:
- Before that, the Financial Times wrote that the administration of Donald Trump is exerting strong pressure on Ukraine, demanding to agree to the American-Russian peace plan by Thanksgiving.
- White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said Tuesday that the U.S. has made “significant progress” toward a “peace deal” between Ukraine and Russia, but “there are some vexing but not overwhelming details that need to be worked out.”
- The statement of the spokeswoman of the White House appeared against the background of reports of negotiations between representatives of the United States and Russia in the United Arab Emirates.
- At the negotiations in Geneva, the USA and Ukraine developed a new 19-point peace agreement, but the most politically sensitive issues were left to the discretion of the presidents of both countries.