Trump, Zelenskky meets personally in front of the Pope’s cemetery

President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met personally in Rome Saturday before attending the funeral of Pope Francis.

White House Communication Director Steven Cheung told the press pool that was traveling with Trump that the two men had a “very productive session.” Further details about the meeting “will follow,” he said.

This is the first meeting between the two men since their meeting at the White House Oval office at the end of February.

Friday night, attending a special delegation meeting Steve Witkoff with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the previous day, Trump posted that it was “a good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine,” and suggested now it’s time for both parties to meet at “very high levels.”

“They are very close to the agreement, and both parties must now meet, at a very high level, to” solve it, “he wrote on his social media site.

“Most of the main points are agreed upon. Stop the bloodshed, now. We will be anywhere needed to help facilitate the end of this cruel and unreasonable war!” Trump added at the post, but did not provide additional information about clear progress.

President Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, sat around seven people from Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, according to the Press Pool.

Former President Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden about four lines behind them.