Zelenskyy announces talks with Trump’s team in New York
27 August 2025 22:46
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a planned meeting between the Ukrainian delegation and the team of US President Donald Trump. The talks will take place on Friday, August 29, in New York. He said this in an evening address, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
According to Zelensky, the talks will be attended by the head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, and the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov.
“Tomorrow there are meetings in Switzerland. On Friday, the United States of America, New York, meetings with President Trump’s team. Everyone working on the content of security guarantees – military, political, and economic components of security guarantees – will be involved. The task is to accelerate as much as possible so that this is also a lever – a lever of influence: the Russians must see how serious the world is and how bad the consequences for Russia will be if the war continues,” Zelenskyy said.
The President of Ukraine also emphasized the need to increase international pressure on the aggressor country and intensify work on a system of security guarantees for Ukraine.
Earlier, Andriy Yermak and Rustem Umerov visited Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where they held a series of meetings with local officials. The main topics of discussion were achieving sustainable peace for Ukraine and Saudi Arabia’s participation in this process.
