Zelensky and Trump meet inside St Peter’s Basilica
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump have met inside St Peter’s Basilica ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral.
The White House described the 15-minute meeting as “very productive” and a Ukrainian spokesman said the pair will meet for a second time later on Saturday.
Trump and Zelensky are attending the service in Vatican City alongside other heads of state and royals including Prince William, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Their meeting comes one day after Trump said Russia and Ukraine were “very close to a deal”, following talks between his envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday.
The meeting was the fourth such visit Witkoff had made to Russia since the start of the year, with the three-hour talks later described as “very useful” by Putin aide Yuri Ushakov.
Source: BBC | Language: English