I do not know if we can continue to do business with the President of Ukraine – said Lindsey Graham in front of the White House. A republican senator, who has been famous for its strong support for Ukraine, said that Wołodymyr Zelnski should either “resign or send someone with whom you can get along.”
The president's meeting was held on Friday USA Donald Trump with the president Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski in the White House. The conversations were to include, among others, partnership agreements on the operation of Ukrainian natural raw materials. They ended with a quarrel of leaders.
– It was a complete disaster. I was in Ukraine eight or nine times when the war began. I understand the consequences of Putin's actions against Ukraine. I appreciate what the Ukrainian people did, they fought bravely, and in the end I was hoping that this agreement on rare minerals, which would be turned into relations, would go well – said Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday in front of the White House.
– I talked to Zelanski this morning. I told him: Don't let yourself be saved – the Republican emphasized. – We want to be helpful Ukraine, but what I saw in the oval office was a lack of respect. I don't know if we will ever do any interests in Zelanski – he assessed.
Wołodymyr Zelnski during a meeting with Donald TrumpJim LO SCALZO/PAP/EPA
– I think that most Americans saw a guest with whom they would not like to enter the arrangements – said Graham, Trump's supporter, but at the same time one of the most pro -Ukrainian Republicans in Congress. He added that Zelanski “either should resign or send someone with whom you can do business.”
Just two weeks ago, the senator during a visit to Munich said, among other things, that a way to stop Putin, “give this guy weapons as much as he can“
Nervous atmosphere of a meeting in the White House
The atmosphere of the meeting was very tense. A press conference of both leaders planned after the talks was canceled.
Reuters later reported that Wołodymyr Zelanski He dismissed visits to the Ukrainian house and at the Hudson Institute in Washington. The agency referred to a representative of the Ukrainian delegation, who came to the US capital to sign an agreement on the access of American companies to Ukrainian mineral raw materials.
The Reuters agency, which refers to one of the representatives of the American administration, wrote that the conflict between Trump and Zelnski can accelerate American settlements with help provided to Kiev during the war of Ukraine with the war of over three years Russia.
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