Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday offered an upbeat assessment of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the two leaders discussed security guarantees.
“We had a very good conversation with President Trump, and it really was the best one — or, maybe the best one will be in the future,” Zelenskyy said during an expanded meeting with European leaders.
Trump said his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, had at the summit talks last week accepted that there would be security guarantees for Ukraine as part of any peace deal.
"In a very significant step, President Putin agreed that Russia would accept security guarantees for Ukraine and this is one of the key points that we need to consider and we're going to be considering that at the table, also who will do what essentially," said Trump as he opened talks with European leaders and Zelenskyy at the White House.
"I think the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden. We're going to help them and we're going to make it very secure," he said.
