Special Supervisor of the President of the United States: Zelensky apologized to Trump "For the entire incident" in the oval office

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky apologized to US President Donald Trump for the skirmish, which occurred between them in the White House oval office at the end of February. This was announced on the air of Fox News by Trump's special Supervisor in the Middle East, Steve Willian.

“Zelensky sent a letter to the president. He apologized for the entire incident that occurred in the oval office. I think it was an important step, and there were many discussions between our teams, as well as Ukrainians and Europeans, who are also related to this discussion, ”said Whitkoff, calling it“ progress ”.

It is not clear from the statement of the special support of the US President who was talking about and Lee Zelensky sent any non-public sentence to Trump.

On March 4, the President of Ukraine published on social networks X post, in which he admitted that the meeting in the White House “was not as expected” and expressed regret in connection with this. “It’s a pity that it happened. It's time to fix everything. We would like further cooperation and communication to be constructive, ”said Zelensky.

In turn, Trump, speaking to Congress shortly after the publication of Zelensky, said that he had “received an important letter” from the President of Ukraine. The US leader added that "grateful for the message." The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova specified that Zelensky Trump did not write a separate letter - and in his appeal to Congress the US president quoted the post of president of Ukraine of March 4.

• Vladimir Zelensky, Donald Trump and US Vice President Jay Di Wance on February 28 met the White House oval office. The presidents of the United States and Ukraine were supposed to sign an agreement on minerals, but a skirmish occurred between the participants in the meeting. Zelensky left the White House, the agreement was not signed.
• Later, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that they were waiting for apologies from Zelensky due to a quarrel in the White House. The President of Ukraine himself said that he intends to either apologize or express regret.
• The Trump's Special Supervisor in the Middle East Steve Whitkoff made a comment on Zelensky on the eve of the meeting of the Ukrainian and American delegations in Saudi Arabia. Negotiations will be held on March 11 in Jidd.
• According to Whitkoff, the parties will discuss the “security protocols” for Ukrainians and “territorial issues” at the meeting, as well as the exchange of intelligence, which the United States ceased to transfer to Ukraine. Washington expects from a meeting of “significant progress”, including the transaction on Ukrainian minerals.