King Charles meets Zelensky after Ukraine defence summit: ‘Grateful for the viewers’
Mar 03, 2025 06:39 AM IST
King Charles and Zelensky’s assembly got here after the latter’s unprecedented public conflict with US president Donald Trump and his vp JD Vance.
The King Charles has met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at his Sandringham property in Norfolk. King Charles welcomed Zelensky to the property for slightly below an hour on Sunday, instantly after the latter’s attendance on the defence summit on Ukraine in London.
A army helicopter carrying Zelensky may very well be seen flying low and descending over the property at round 5.25pm (native time). Native folks, some holding Ukraine flags, gathered exterior the property to try to catch a glimpse of the arrival.
A motorcade then took the president by the grounds of the property to Sandringham Home, the place King Charles greeted him on the doorstep. They embraced and shook arms earlier than chatting briefly and posing for pictures. The monarch then warmly obtained Zelensky in the home’s Saloon room, with tea being served.
A helicopter departed the property at round 6.35pm (native time). Zelensky, whose airplane left from Stansted Airport in a while Sunday night time, posted an image of the assembly on X, saying “I’m grateful to His Majesty King Charles III for the viewers” and including footage of the Ukrainian flag and the Union flag.
The pair beforehand met throughout Zelensky’s shock go to to the UK in February 2023 in a historic viewers at Buckingham Palace. In addition they shook arms and had a personal summit on the European Political Group summit in Oxfordshire in July 2024.
Their newest assembly got here after Zelensky’s unprecedented public conflict with US president Donald Trump and his vp JD Vance within the White Home’s Oval Workplace on Friday. A day prior, King Charles invited Mr Trump to the UK for an unprecedented second state go to.
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