The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, asked the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski,, on Saturday to find "a way to repair his relationship" with the American leader, Donald Trump, and asked him to "respect everything he has done" for Ukraine.
In statements to the BBC, Rutte said, "I have spoken on the phone twice with Zelenski and told him that we have to continue together to achieve lasting peace. I have told him that we have to respect what Trump has done so far for Ukraine." In addition, Rutte praised Trump for "breaking the deadlock" in the war by taking the initiative to talk to Russia. The NATO Secretary General described the stormy meeting between Zelenski and Trump on Friday at the White House as "very unfortunate."
A day after the tough meeting in the Oval Office, Volodimir Zelenski has posted a thread on the social network X where he begins by thanking the United States for all the assistance provided since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and asks for "stronger support."
The Ukrainian president states in his writing that the two countries continue to be "strategic partners" despite the "difficult dialogue" and acknowledges that he is willing "to sign the agreement on minerals," but insists that his country needs "security guarantees."
The Ukrainian president is already in London, where on Sunday a summit of European leaders, organized by Keir Starmer and attended by Pedro Sánchez, will be held to seek stable peace.
Trump dismissed Zelenski from the White House after an extraordinary argument, followed by the whole world live, because, according to him, he "was not prepared" for peace with Russia. Subsequently, the Ukrainian president stated in an interview with Fox News that the relationship with Trump can be restored but did not believe that an apology is necessary.