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An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Sunday that Zelensky met in Kyiv with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, according to the Associated Press, marking the highest-ranking U.S. officials to visit Ukraine’s capital city since Russia invaded the country in February.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, embraces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, … [+]
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Oleksiy Arestovych, an advisor to Zelensky, said on Ukrainian television late Sunday that the meeting between Zelensky and the U.S. officials is happening “right now,” នេះបើយោងតាម ទៅ AP ។
The U.S. Defense and State Departments have still yet to confirm the meeting, which was ដំបូង announced by Zelensky during a press conference Saturday (White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki បាននិយាយកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន if a U.S. official visits Ukraine, “it’s not something we would announce in advance” due to security concerns).
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Shortly after Arestovych confirmed the meeting in Kyiv, Zelensky tweeted the “friendship and partnership” between the U.S. and Ukraine are “stronger than ever.”
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If the U.S. reopens its embassy in Kyiv, which was moved to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv and later to Poland leading up to Russia’s invasion. More than a dozen countries, រួមទាំង the United Kingdom, have reopened their Kyiv embassies or shared plans to do so in recent weeks. The Biden Administration is torn on if and when to reopen the embassy, Politico របាយការណ៍.
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Zelensky នឹងជួបជាមួយមន្ត្រីអាមេរិក Blinken, Austin ក្នុង Kyiv (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/04/24/us-officials-austin-and-blinken-are-in-kyiv-zelensky-advisor-confirms/