The disagreement of the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, flown the meeting that this Sunday, March 2 will hold about 15 European countries in London, which have come out in defense of the leader of Ukraine.
Convened by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, European Allies, Zelenski included, will seek how to strengthen the position of Ukraine on the ground in the face of possible peace negotiations, after Washington has threatened to cut the armament supply to kyiv.
Zelenski arrived in Europe this Saturday, March 1 and Starmer told him that he is “very welcome” in his residence of Downing Street, a day after the altercation of the Ukrainian president with the US president.
The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, assured Efe on Saturday in Montevideo that the world is living “very deep moments of change” and that “Europe’s time has arrived.”
At the meeting, the US president told the Ukrainian president that He was not in a position to negotiate and accused him of “playing” with the lives of millions of people and with the third world war.
“Yesterday the European unity was clear about our values, the unity in support to Ukraine to remain a free country, an independent country, a sovereign country, so that the war of aggression does not succeed and European security and the life projects of Europeans and Spaniards are protected,” said Albares.
The vast majority of European heads showed their iron support to Zelenski, who left the White House without answering the questions about the future of the Mineral Pact that both planned to subscribe.
The president of Poland, Andrzej doubts, said this Saturday that there may be different interpretations of what happened on Friday in the Oval Office.
According to the Polish Pap news agency PAP, doubt, when asked about whether Trump and his vice president, JD Vance, disrespected Zelenski in the oval office, replied that there can be “different evaluations of the situation.”
“Dear Zelenski, dear Ukrainian friends: you are not alone,” Donald Tusk, Polish Prime Minister, wrote on social networks.
Denmark Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen described this Saturday’s “diplomatic disaster” the meeting in Washington held on Friday between the president of Ukraine and Donald Trump.
Ulf Kristenmson, Prime Minister of Sweden, said on Saturday that the appointment that will gather in London to European leaders to address the situation in Ukraine is “more important” after the scenes of the Oval Office.
“Tomorrow’s meeting in London is even more important now after yesterday’s events in Washington,” said Swedish prime minister in a statement published in his social network X.
While Zelenski insisted that Donald Trump’s support remains “crucial” for Ukraine, despite the tense encounter that he had with him in the White House.