President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met privately In the Basilica of San Pedro Saturday before attending the funeral for Pope Francis.
French president, Emmanuel Macron, also spoke with Trump and Zelenskyy before sitting down, according to a Published video For the White House Cabinet Deputy Director Dan Scavino.
The White House communications director Steven Cheung told the press pool that he was traveling with Trump that the two men had a “very productive session.” More details about the meeting “will continue,” he said.
“Good meeting. We discuss a one by one,” Zelenskyy Posted in x After the meeting. “Waiting for results in everything we cover. Protecting the life of our people. The high full and unconditional fire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from being exploited. Very symbolic meeting that has the potential to become historical, if we achieve joint results.”
This was the first meeting between the two men since their contentious meeting at the Oval Office of the White House at the end of February.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, meets President Donald Trump outside Pope Francis’s funeral in the Basilica of San Pedro in the Vatican, on April 26, 2025.
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On Friday night, after the special envoy Steve Witkoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow early in the day, Trump published that it was “a good day in conversations and meetings with Russia and Ukraine”, and suggested that it is now time for the two parties to meet at “very high levels.”
“They are very close to an agreement, and the two parties should now meet, at very high levels, to” finish it, “he wrote in his social media site.
President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump observe the coffin of the late Pope Francis during the funeral ceremony in the Plaza de San Pedro in the Vatican, on April 26, 2025.
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“Most of the main points are agreed. Trump added in the publication, but did not provide additional information about apparent progress.
On Saturday after the meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump Posted in its social media platform The social truth that “there was no reason for Putin to shoot missiles in civil, cities and towns, in recent days.”
“It makes me think that perhaps he does not want to stop war, he is just taking advantage of me and has to be treated differently, through ‘banking’ or ‘secondary sanctions’? Too many people are dying!” He said in the position.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, attends the funeral mass of Pope Francis, in the Vatican, on April 26, 2025.
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Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, sat about seven people from Trump and the first lady Melania Trump, according to the press pool.
Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden were about four rows behind them.
