Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news briefing with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and discussed "opportunities to achieve peace" and the preparation of a document governing security and economic cooperation.
The call came soon after Trump said he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about starting negotiations immediately with Moscow to end the war in Ukraine.
"I had a meaningful conversation with @POTUS. We... talked about opportunities to achieve peace, discussed our readiness to work together ...and Ukraine's technological capabilities... including drones and other advanced industries," Zelenskiy wrote on X.
The president's office said separately that the call lasted around an hour.
The Ukrainian leader said in his readout that they discussed U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's trip to Kyiv on Wednesday that focused on a deal concerning Ukrainian critical minerals between their two countries.
"We also spoke about my discussion with @SecScottBessent and the preparation of a new document on security, economic cooperation, and resource partnership," he said.
Zelenskiy said that Trump had shared details of his conversation with Putin. "We agreed to maintain further contact and plan upcoming meetings," he wrote.
(Reporting by Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
