“It definitely looks like the world goes slightly loopy proper now,” Trump added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for internet hosting a “good and productive trilateral assembly” forward of the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral.
This assembly, which lasted lower than an hour, was the primary in-person encounter between Zelenskyy and Trump since he received the election this previous November; Trump and Zelenskyy had spoken over the telephone shortly after the race was known as.
“All of us need this battle to finish as quickly as doable and in a simply approach. We spoke about our individuals, the scenario on the bottom, and a simply peace,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “We agreed to proceed working collectively and preserve involved. Peace by means of energy is feasible.”
Macron known as on the “United States, Ukraine, and France” to “proceed [their] joint efforts for peace and safety.”
Zelenskyy and Trump had been initially slated to meet with Macron individually earlier than the French president arrange a last-minute trilateral assembly. The three went to Notre Dame afterwards, with Zelenskyy receiving a protracted spherical of applause upon coming into the cathedral.