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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskymeets this Wednesday in Washington with the US president, Joe Biden, and will later intervene in a joint session of the two Houses of the US Congress, confirmed the White House spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre.
“President Biden looks forward to welcoming today, December 21, President Zelensky in the White House.” said Jean-Pierre in his message, who explained that after that meeting, the Ukrainian president will address Congress to intervene in a joint session that will show “bipartisan support for Ukraine.”
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The White House spokeswoman also confirmed that during this visit Biden will announce a new aid package to Ukraine so that it can “defend itself against Russian aggression”.
This is the first trip abroad for Zelensky since the start of the war in his country on February 24 and when 300 days have passed since the Russian invasion. “300 days ago Russia launched a brutal attack on Ukraine. In response the president Biden united the world to help the people of Ukraine to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity.said the White House spokeswoman, who stressed that the visit will serve to underline that the United States will continue to support Ukraine “as long as it is necessary” economically, humanitarianly and militarily.
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A high-level US administration official confirmed in a call with reporters that Zelensky He will only be “a few hours” in Washington and have a conversation with Biden in the White House for later speak before legislators in the country’s Congress.
During the visit, the US president will announce the shipment of a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 2,000 million dollarswhich will include a Patriot missile batterya highly effective missile defense system that kyiv has been requesting from Washington for some time.
The official explained that the White House extended a formal invitation to Zelensky to visit the United States last Wednesday. The Ukrainian ruler accepted the invitation on Friday and details of the visit were finalized on Sunday.
During the trip, in addition to speaking with Biden and key members of his national security team and addressing Congress, andThe Ukrainian president will make statements to the media. The source did not specify who will accompany the Ukrainian president on his trip.
Asked if Biden will take the opportunity to try to convince Zelensky After accepting a diplomatic solution to the conflict, the official specified that the US Administration does not see that this possibility is close, but wanted to make it clear that Ukraine will have the last word on the conditions.
The same source also played down the concerns of some journalists that the absence of Zelensky of Ukrainian territory gives rise to the Russian authorities “to do something drastic”.
“Russia has been doing something drastic every day since the war started,” assured.
The visit of Zelensky to Washington will come amid negotiations in the United States to push through a new budget for fiscal year 2023 that includes $45 billion in new emergency funds to help Ukraine.
Source: Elcomercio
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