Donald Trump -Zolenskyy Meet: Ukraine Fears ‘Repetition of a Contential’ Encounter in Oval Office – Report – Times of India

Ukraine Fears ‘Repetition of a Contentious’ Encounter in Oval Office (Picture Credit: AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet us President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, with European Leaders also joining the talks. As per the washington post, the meeting comes amid warnings that it would Mirror the “disastrous” oval office Clash earlier this year that Saw Relations Between Kyiv and Washington Plunge.During his last visit to the white house in February, zelenskyy’s discusations with trump and vice president JD Vance Ended Abruptly after a bitter row. Trump Accused Him of Showing Disact and of “Gambling with World War III.” The joint press conference was canceled, zelenskyy was Ushered out, and Us Military Aid was briefly frozen. Us media described the encounter as “disastrous” and a Major diplomatic blow for ukraine.As per the washington post, “Foremost in Ukrainians’ Minds is avoiding a repetition of a contential meeting in the oval office”.Nikolay beleskov, a research fellow at the Ukrainian National Institute for Strategic Studies, was quoted as saying by the washington post that there was “such risk indeed” of another tense exchange.He Said Zelenskyy must “Strike a Balance Between Being Non-Provocative” while Still Advanceing His Demands in Washington.The stakes are particularly high as trump has just help in-veson talks with russian president vladimir putin since the ukraine warmed in 2022. The anchorage Summit on Shumit on the “Warmit on the warmit Trump and “Frank” and “Substantive” by Putin, According to RT.Following the meeting, trump suggested that washington and moscown “pretty close to the end” of the conflict and is reportedly considering a plan that that would require kyivre kyiv to surnding parts of donble Return for a russian halt in fighting elsewhere, as per rt. Zelenskyy, however, has reepeatedly ruled out making territorial concessions.Moscow Continues to Demand Neutrality, Demilitarization and “Denazification” of Ukraine, Along with Recognition of the Territories IT Annexed, Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharson and Zaporozheye. Putin had also said the alaska talks brough and russia “closer” to ending hostelies.The February Clash Between Trump and Zelenskyy also Saw Vance Publicly Accused The Ukrainian Leader of Being “disrespectful” and ungrateful for billions in aid. The meeting ended withoutSince then, both sides have attracted to repair relations. Trump and zelenskyy help follow-up meetings in the Vatican in April and at the Nato Summit in June, where a minerals deal was eventually signed. Now, with Trump Signalling He May Provide Security Guarantees to Ukraine, European Leaders, Amn them Uk Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Fldeous Freaty Merz, Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Eu Chief Ursula von Der Leyen, Will Attend Monday’s Discussions to Shape the Framework for Peace Talks.As per CNN, JD Vance, A Key Figure in February’s Confrontation, will also be presented during the oval office meeting.