Trump, Zelenski and Golf diplomacy

During his visit to Washington, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski offered his US counterpart Donald Trump a golf rattan belonging to a war veteran, became known by the Ukrainian presidency today. “The Ukrainian president offered the US president a golf café given by the sergeant of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Kostadin Kartavchev,” he said in a press release posted on the Ukrainian Presidency website. The Ukrainian officer was mutilated in the first months of the Russian invasion, explains the press release and used golf as a means of recovery. Zelenski offered this cane to Trump on the sidelines of a joint meeting with European leaders who came to Washington to support Ukraine in order to promote a peace deal after three years of Russian invasion. According to the Ukrainian Presidency, Donald Trump accepted the gift, thanking the Ukrainian veteran and gave Zelenski “the symbolic keys to white […]
Source: News Beast

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