Zelenskyy meets King of Norway – video
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met King Haakon VIII of Norway at the Royal Palace in Oslo.
Source: Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, as reported by European Pravda
Details: Zelenskyy was welcomed by Olav Heian-Engdal, Chief of the Royal Court.
This was the Ukrainian president's first meeting with Haakon since he ascended to the throne.
Zelenskyy will later attend highly important talks with US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
Zelenskyy arrived in Oslo on Tuesday for talks with Norwegian officials and negotiations with US presidential envoys and European representatives aimed at ending the war.
Background:
- Earlier on 20 October, Witkoff arrived in Norway for talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war. His colleague Jared Kushner will attend remotely, as he has come down with the flu.
- Representatives of the UK, France, Germany and Poland and EU and NATO officials will also attend the talks in Oslo with President Trump's special envoys, President Zelenskyy and the leaders of Norway and Finland.
- The European Union will be represented by Björn Seibert, Head of Cabinet for European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. NATO will be represented by Lorenz Meyer-Minnemann, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
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