Tense meeting between Trump and Zelensky ends in verbal confrontation

The meeting of the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky with the president of the United States Donald Trump, prelude to the signing of an agreement on mineral resources, culminated in a heated exchange.

Zelensky asked Trump not to make concessions to «a murderer», referring to the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Trump accused Zelensky, among other things, of risking the beginning of a third World War.

A White House spokesman reported that the agreement had not been signed. This pact established the creation of a joint investment fund to which Ukraine would contribute to 50 % of the future benefits obtained by the exploitation of its natural resources, including gas, oil and minerals.

After the tense exchange, Trump announced in his social social network that he would not negotiate with Zelensky, he recriminated to have «missed the US and told him that he can return to the United States when» she is ready for peace. «

Ukraine has repeatedly insisted on the need to have guarantees by the US that deter Russia to launch a new invasion once a peace agreement has been reached.

The Ukrainian president said on the social network X, shortly after leaving the White House, that kyiv is working to achieve «just and lasting peace» and thanked the American people for the support lent to their country.

(With AP information)