US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the organizer of Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to the G7 summit in Japan was not Washington. He announced this during a briefing in Hiroshima, reports TASS.
“As for how [Зеленский] “I will leave this question to the Ukrainian side, I will only say that it was not the United States that brought it here,” he said.
According to him, US President Joe Biden is “looking forward” to the opportunity to meet Zelensky in person. At the same time, Sullivan noted that there is still no official announcement of the Ukrainian leader about his planned meeting with the head of the United States administration.
Andriy Yermak, Former Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine approvedHe said Zelensky will personally attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, where he will meet with Biden.
Prior to this, Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Ukrainian leader’s office, said that Zelensky could do it personally. visit G7 summit. He noted that the decision on a possible visit to Japan would be made depending on the military situation.
Later, citing sources in the Japanese government, Kyodo News reported that Zelensky’s will attend At the online G7 summit on May 21.