Vladimir Zelensky said that on Monday he will meet with Donald Trump in Washington

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that he would come to Washington on Monday, August 18, to meet with the head of the White House Donald Trump.

Such a decision was made following a long conversation of Zelensky with Trump and European leaders. According to the President of Ukraine, he first spoke one -on -one with Trump, and later European leaders joined the conversation. In total, the conversation lasted about an hour and a half.

“We support the proposal of President Trump for a tripartite meeting of Ukraine - America - Russia. Ukraine emphasizes: key issues can be discussed at the level of leaders, and the tripartite format is suitable for this. At the end of the murders, I am going to discuss all the details with President Trump in Washington on Monday, ”Zelensky said.

He later added that in a conversation with Trump, he said about the need to tighten sanctions if a tripartite meeting does not take place or Russia will evade the honest end of the war.

“We must achieve a real world that will be long, and will not become another pause between Russian invasions,” the President of Ukraine said.

According to AFP with reference to the representative of the European Commission, in addition to the presidents of the United States and Ukraine, the European Commission Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Layen, the French President Emmanuel Macron, the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, the British Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer and the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took part in the conversation.

According to the results of this conversation, European leaders published a joint statement that stated that they would continue to support Ukraine to achieve a “fair and strong world”.

“We are determined to activate efforts to strengthen Ukraine in order to put an end to hostilities and achieve a fair and strong world,” politicians said.

They added that Ukraine should get “unshakable security guarantees” and have the right to join the EU and NATO, and restrictions should not be imposed on the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, European leaders greeted the efforts of US President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. “We are also ready to work with the Presidents Trump and Zelensky on the preparation of a trilateral summit with the support of Europe,” politicians said.

After a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Trump gave an interview with Fox News, in which he stated that the Russian and American sides "agreed on many points." “Now the case is for Zelensky, to bring the deal to the end,” the head of the White House added.

Updated at 14:30 Moscow time: the second commentary of Zelensky and the joint statement of the leaders of European countries were added.