Trump, Zelensky can meet after G20 summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will most likely meet with U.S. President Donald Trump after the G20 summit (June 28-29, 2019), a freelance advisor to the Ukrainian president, Boris Tisenhausen, has told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

"The meeting will most likely take place after a meeting between Donald Trump and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin who are scheduled to meet at the G20 summit. However, the fact that Donald Trump's administration is the first to invite Zelensky to the United States for the meeting shows that Zelensky has already been given a certain level of credibility from the United States," he said.

He suggested that, paradoxically, but Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko had most likely become a catalyst for this meeting, referring to an investigation against Ukrainian gas company Burisma Holdings.

"Joe Biden's son and the son-in-law of former U.S. Secretary of State Kerry appear in this case. Today, Biden holds the first position at the primaries from the Democrats, that is, Donald Trump's rivals, and he will most likely run in the elections. With levers that may influence Biden's reputation in Ukraine in one way or another, Zelensky becomes, at least, a pleasant guest in Donald Trump's administration," Tisenhausen said.

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