Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine was “ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible” as he sought to repair relations with the White House after a dramatic clash last week that led the US to suspend arms deliveries.
In a show of contrition intended to placate President Donald Trump, the Ukrainian leader said their bust-up in the Oval Office was “regrettable”. He said that Kyiv remained committed to signing a minerals deal with the US “at any time and in any convenient format” after plans to sign the agreement were derailed by their dispute.
“Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media platform X.