President Donald Trump is set to welcome both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Tuesday for separate meetings expected to focus on the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, a White House official told CNN, APA reports.
Trump will meet with Netanyahu to discuss the war in Iran, progress on negotiations with Lebanon and efforts to expand the Abraham Accords, the White House official said.
Trump acknowledged he and Netanyahu are not in full and complete agreement on Iran but said the two leaders remain closely aligned. “We have a little difference, but pretty close,” Trump told reporters Monday.
During Trump’s meeting with Zelenskyy, the leaders will discuss the ongoing peace process between Russia and Ukraine, according to the official. “Now is the time to end the war,” the official added.