The Hague, June 25, 2025 – The Europe Today: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Wednesday that he held a “long and substantive” meeting with former U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit currently underway in The Hague.
In a statement shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), President Zelenskyy said, “I had a long and substantive meeting with President Trump @POTUS. We covered all the truly important issues. I thank Mr. President, I thank the United States.”
Zelenskyy emphasized that their discussions included efforts to “achieve a ceasefire and a real peace” in Ukraine, as well as measures to “protect our people” amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
“We appreciate the attention and the readiness to help bring peace closer,” he said, noting that further details of the discussions would be disclosed in due course.
As of this reporting, former President Trump and U.S. authorities have not yet issued an official statement in response to Zelenskyy’s remarks.
The meeting comes at a critical juncture in the Russia-Ukraine war and coincides with broader international deliberations on European security and transatlantic cooperation during the NATO summit.
