The meeting with the US correspondent Keith Kellogg, then the point with the European leaders before seeing Donald Trump at the White House, the “Fosse dei Leoni”, as the Financial Times writes. For Volodymyr Zelensky is a long day in Washington, with a swirl of meetings that revolve around the face to face with the American president in the oval study.
To accompany the Ukrainian president there are the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the premier Giorgia Meloni, the French president Emmanuel Macron, the German chancellor Friedrich Merz, the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and the President of Finland Alexander Stubbi
* The briefing with Trump’s correspondent.
In the morning (the early afternoon in Italy) Zelensky meets Keith Kelllogg to lay the foundations of comparison with the tenant of the White House. “We talked about the situation on the battlefield and our strong diplomatic skills,” said the leader of Kievprescenta Ukrainian
* The preparatory meeting with the European Championships.
Immediately after the Ukrainian president, at the headquarters of the Kiev embassy, he meets the European leaders who arrived in Washington to develop the last details before the face to face with Trump. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen also participates in the pre-vertex
* The arrival in the White House.
It takes place around noon now of Washington (18 in Italy), when European leaders participate in the lunch organized in their honor.
* The face to face.
Trump receives Zelensky in the prime time oval study (around 7.15 pm Italian time): it is the first meeting between the two leaders after the clash, always in the Oval Studio, last February
* The summit with European leaders.
Just under two hours later (around 9 pm Italian time) the tenant of the White House formally welcomes European leaders and, after the group photo, the works of the awaited multilateral meeting with Zelensky begin.