A gracious Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy spoke with President Donald Trump on the eve of the G7 Summit, he announced Sunday on X, congratulating Trump on turning 80 and vowing further peace talks in the coming days.
“I have just had a great conversation with @POTUS,” Zelenskyy wrote Sunday on X. “I congratulated President Trump on his birthday, and we have had quite a detailed discussion about many key things – peace, surely, was among them. “I wished President Trump every success, above all in his work to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.”
“I also thanked him for all the support America has been providing to Ukraine, and it does matter that we remember with gratitude every step of that support – from Javelins to Patriots,” Zelenskyy continued. “We discussed things that could help bring about peace now, and I informed the President about the latest developments on the battlefield and how our position has strengthened.”
Notably, the G7 Summit will bring direct talks between the leaders of seven major industrialized economies, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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“We agreed that we will discuss more during our meeting at the G7 Summit,” Zelenskyy concluded. “We have some good ideas that could help advance peace and protect lives. Thank you!”
The call came as Trump turned 80 and prepared to travel early Monday moring to France for the G7, where Ukraine and Russia’s war is expected to be s major topic. Trump will participate in a working session Tuesday morning with Zelenskyy at the summit, though not necessarily a formal bilateral meeting, according to a senior administration official.
The outreach also comes as European leaders seek to keep Trump engaged on Ukraine policy and push for renewed diplomatic efforts involving Kyiv, Moscow and Europe. European officials are expected to use the G7 gathering to press Trump on a plan to restart negotiations with Russia while also preparing additional pressure on Moscow.
Trump has hoped to have secured an Iranian peace treaty before the G7 and has long hoped his global peacemaking efforts would ultimately “end the death” in southern and eastern Ukraine, where Russia’s Vladimir Putin has sought to stake claim to large swaths of land during the ongoing war.
