2023-09-15 20:25:01
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be received at the White House on Thursday September 21 for new discussions with President Joe Biden on support for Kiev against the Russian invasion, a senior American official confirmed this Friday September 15.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, the second at the White House since the war began in February 2022, would come at a “critical moment”as Ukraine seeks to make progress in its counter-offensive against Russian forces.
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“It comes at a critical time, when Russia is desperate for help from countries like North Korea to wage its brutal war in Ukraine.”Jake Sullivan told the press.
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The Ukrainian president is expected in New York early next week to participate in the United Nations General Assembly.
Debate on Capitol Hill for new aid to Ukraine
The visit also comes at a time when the US Congress is debating a new package of $24 billion in military aid for kyiv. According to several American media, Volodymyr Zelensky should also go to Capitol Hill, where elected officials have been negotiating this new aid for several weeks.
The negotiations are particularly difficult in the House of Representatives, in the hands of the Republicans, where certain conservative elected officials refuse to release more funds. This position makes the Republican leaders in the Senate jump, who mobilized with the Democrats over the last year to release more than 110 billion in aid to kyiv in Congress.
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Jake Sullivan said he expected that ultimately, both parties in Congress would continue to provide support for Ukraine.
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Volodymyr Zelensky had already made a surprise visit to Washington in December 2022. After meeting with President Biden at the White House, the leader declared before Congress that Ukraine “would never surrender”. Joe Biden visited Kiev a few months later – a historic trip, the first by an American president to a territory at war not controlled by the United States.
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