Zelensky says Vatican meeting with Trump was best to date
3 May 2025 17:42
Kiev (dpa) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has described his widely publicised conversation with US President Donald Trump in the Vatican ahead of pope Francis' funeral as "the best of all to date," Interfax Ukraine reported on Saturday."I'm sure that President Trump started to see everything a bit differently after our meeting in the Vatican," Zelensky is reported as saying. The conversation may have been the shortest, but it was also the best with respect to its content, he added. The two leaders met for 15 minutes on the sidelines of the pope's funeral on April 26. The White House subsequently described the meeting as "very productive."On his return flight from Rome to the United States, Trump questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin was seriously interested in ending the war.
The Vatican meeting was the first between Trump and Zelensky since a meeting in the White House in February ended after a spat in front of live television cameras.
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