2023-09-15 06:33:47
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in the US capital next week. According to US media reports, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenskyi also wants to visit Washington following his planned speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A meeting with President Joe Biden in the White House and talks with members of Congress in the Capitol are planned next week, the Washington Post, Bloomberg and CNN reported, among others.
The US media cited government sources on Thursday; there was initially no official information regarding the date. It also remained unclear whether Zelenskiy would give a speech to Congress, as he did in December. According to sources from the political website Punchbowl News, his trip to Washington is planned for Thursday next week.
Next week, Zelensky wants to visit US President Biden in the White House. In the picture: Zelensky on his last visit on December 21, 2022.
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During the visit, the Ukrainian president is expected to seek continued support for his country in the war once morest Russia. Biden and his Democrats are currently campaigning for additional aid totaling more than $20 billion (equivalent to 18.6 billion euros) for military, economic and humanitarian purposes.
In the Senate, Ukraine has received broad support from both parties since the start of the war, but criticism of the ongoing aid payments has recently increased in the House of Representatives. The Republicans have a slim majority there.
Zelensky last visited Washington in December 2022 and met Biden as well as delivering the speech in the Capitol to both chambers of Congress. No country supported Ukraine in the war with more money and military aid than the USA. According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the United States has already committed more than $70 billion. (DPA)
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