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Zelenskyy Says Vatican Meeting With Trump Was the Best So Far

Zelenskyy touted the U.S.–Ukraine minerals deal as a key outcome of the meeting, urging Ukrainian lawmakers to ratify it quickly.
Zelenskyy Says Vatican Meeting With Trump Was the Best So Far
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump meet, while they attend the funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican April 26, 2025. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that his meeting with President Donald Trump at the Vatican a week ago was the “most substantive” the two have ever held.

Speaking to reporters in Kyiv on May 2, Zelenskyy said the encounter with Trump, which took place on the sidelines of Pope Francis’s funeral on April 26, marked a shift in tone and substance between the two leaders.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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