“I had a very good phone call” with Ukrainian President Zelensky _ Trump posted on his social media
Former US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held phone talks on Friday over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The conversation took place after Trump’s official nomination as the opposition Republican Party’s presidential candidate for the November election.
Trump announced his meeting with Zelenskyy in a social media posting on Friday. “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “He condemned the heinous assassination attempt last Saturday and remarked about the American people coming together in the spirit of Unity during these times.”
And continuing he said: “I appreciate President Zelenskyy for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families. Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity.”
Zelenskyy also took to a social media in a post on X and said, “I noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral American support for protecting our nation’s freedom and independence.”
Zelensky also said he congratulated Trump on his nomination and condemned the “shocking assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.”
“I wished him strength and absolute safety in the future,” he said. “I noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral American support for protecting our nation’s freedom and independence.”
Zelenskyy also wrote, “We agreed with President Trump to discuss at a personal meeting what steps can make peace fair and truly lasting.”
The call between the two leaders, who have had a complicated relationship, marks their first conversation since Trump left the White House and comes the day after he formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president.
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the Ukraine war in a day, but it remains unclear how he would pursue peace though in June CNN presidential debate, Trump said that Putin’s terms for an agreement – which would include Ukraine ceding the four territories currently occupied by Russia – are “not acceptable.”
But former president Trump and his allies have also criticized sending US military aid to Kyiv.
