The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, is already traveling to the capital of the United States, all this in the first visit to a foreign country by the Ukrainian president since the beginning of the Russian invasion of his country. Once in Washington, Zelenski will meet the US president at the White HouseJoe Biden, as confirmed by the president himself on his twitter account.
“On the way to the US to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience and defense capabilities,” said Zelenski, who has also confirmed that he will hold a meeting with Biden. “I will discuss cooperation between Ukraine and the United States. I will also have a speech and a series of bilateral meetings,” the president said.
Specifically, the Ukrainian president will go to the United States Capitol to address the parliamentarians of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The still president of the Lower House, Nancy Pelosi, already released a statement hours before warning that Congress would have Wednesday night a session with “a very special focus on democracy”.
The visitwhich has not materialized, will coincide with the intention of the Biden Administration to send Ukraine a new defense aid package that will include Patriot missile systems.
Since last February 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, Zelensky has remained in kyiv and has not left the countryall this despite the offer of some countries for the president to take refuge in the face of Russian aggression.
However, the President of Ukraine has declined all offers, emphasizing that he, as his country’s head of state, should stay during the war. So far, only the country’s first lady has represented Ukraine abroad in person, while the president has done so through videoconferences.
A trip organized in “strict secrecy”
The Ukrainian president’s trip to Washington this Wednesday has been prepared under a “strict secrecy“and with great concern to guarantee the safety of the European president, The New York Times said Wednesday.
The newspaper cites as sources senior US administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity about the “worry” in Washington to organize this visit, Zelenski’s first abroad since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
The White House has been no stranger to “the risks involved on such a visit were tall“, since the Ukrainian president faces a war in his country, so the planning of his arrival in the US “had been carried out under strict secrecy.”
Source: Lasexta
Mario Twitchell is an accomplished author and journalist, known for his insightful and thought-provoking writing on a wide range of topics including general and opinion. He currently works as a writer at 247 news agency, where he has established himself as a respected voice in the industry.
