$100 billion deal, security guarantee to Ukraine... What was discussed in the Trump-Zelensky meeting?

News Topical, Digital Desk : The initiative to end the Ukraine war that has been going on for three and a half years moved a step further on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reached the White House at 11 pm Indian time on Monday and held talks with US President Donald Trump for about 45 minutes. In the talks, Zelensky expressed his desire for peace in Ukraine and said that for this, direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin are necessary.

Trump said, Putin also does not want war, so there is a better possibility of ending the war in Ukraine. If everything goes well, there will be trilateral (Putin-Trump-Zelensky) talks. He directly blamed his predecessor President Joe Biden for the war. Said - he was corrupt. While the talks between Trump and Zelensky were going on in the Oval Office, all the major leaders of Europe were present in another room in support of Ukraine. President Trump held talks with these leaders after midnight.

Assurance of security guarantees to Ukraine

Even before the talks between Trump and Zelensky began, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, European Union chief Ursula van der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte had reached the White House. These leaders sat in a room throughout the talks and kept getting information about the talks between Trump and Zelensky.

During the talks, Trump assured these leaders of giving security guarantees to Ukraine in accordance with Europe's proposal. Trump said that he hopes that Russian President Putin will release more than a thousand Ukrainian prisoners immediately after the trilateral meeting with Zelensky. Unlike the heated and heated meeting between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval House on February 28, this time everything was normal. Both the leaders smiled and laughed several times during the talks.

After the meeting, Zelensky said that he had a very good conversation with Trump. He said that Russia must be stopped and for this he needs the US and European countries. According to a report, Ukraine has also agreed to a deal to buy weapons worth $100 billion from the US.

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