Trump says he will probably meet Ukraine’s Zelensky at Nato summit
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US President Donald Trump (right) pulled out of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a recent G-7 summit due to the Middle East crisis.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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- Trump said he will likely meet Zelensky, possibly at the Nato summit in The Hague on June 24-25.
- Zelensky seeks to discuss weapons (like Patriot missiles), sanctions on Russia, and diplomatic pressure on Putin.
- Ukraine is ready to pay for the arms package instead of requesting it as military aid, according to Zelensky.
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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on June 24 said he will probably meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a Nato summit
Mr Trump made the comments to reporters on board Air Force One on June 24.
Earlier in the day, a White House official said Mr Trump was scheduled to meet Mr Zelensky at some point during the Nato summit, taking place on June 24 and June 25 in The Hague.
Mr Trump pulled out from a hoped-for meeting with Mr Zelensky last week, when the US President left the Group of Seven (G-7) meeting in Canada
In comments released by his office on June 21, Mr Zelensky outlined his three priorities if a meeting with Mr Trump were to take place at the Nato summit.
Firstly, he said he wanted to discuss weapons, saying that during the G-7 summit, his aides had given US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent a wish list of arms, including Patriot missile defence systems, which he described as worth “a very large amount”.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine was “ready to find the money for this whole package” rather than requesting it as military aid.
Secondly, he wanted to talk about sanctions on Russia, and thirdly about other diplomatic ways of applying greater pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. REUTERS
