Rencontre Zelensky-Biden pour discuter des besoins de l'Ukraine

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Le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a été convié dimanche par son homologue américain Joe Biden à une réunion à Washington mardi. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was invited on Sunday by his American counterpart

00:04 Joe Biden to a meeting in Washington on Tuesday.

00:07 It is also expected that he will have discussions with the new Republican head of the House

00:12 of Representatives, Mike Johnson, whose party is blocking aid to Ukraine by demanding major

00:17 concessions on the US migration policy.

00:20 U.S. President Joe Biden invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to come to

00:27 Washington on Tuesday, December 12, to discuss "urgent needs" from Ukraine,

00:31 made known Sunday the White House spokesperson as the Congress blocked a new aid envelope.

00:36 The two leaders will discuss "urgent needs" from Ukraine and the vital importance of

00:41 US continued support at this critical time, as Russia intensifies its missile and drone

00:47 attacks against Ukraine, said Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement.

00:51 "The Ukrainian President Zelensky will arrive in the United States on Monday to discuss with

00:57 President Biden on cooperation in defense between Ukraine and the United States, and

01:01 more particularly on the production of weapons and anti-aircraft defense systems," said

01:06 Kiev on Sunday in a statement.

01:08 Blocked envelope.

01:10 Following Biden's invitation, a parliamentary source said that the new Republican head

01:16 of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, whose party is blocking aid to Ukraine by

01:20 demanding significant concessions on US migration policy, will also meet

01:26 the Ukrainian president at a meeting on Tuesday.

01:28 To prevent Washington from sounding the alarm, Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and

01:35 Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also invited Zelensky to meet them on Tuesday,

01:40 said a parliamentary source.

01:41 "The United States is the country that provides the most important military support to Kiev,

01:47 the Congress has committed more than $110 billion since the Russian invasion in February

01:51 2022.

01:52 But Joe Biden's promise to continue to support Ukraine financially is put at risk by the

01:58 Congress.

01:59 It blocked last week a large envelope of more than $106 billion, with insistence by

02:05 President Biden, including funds for Ukraine and Israel.

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