Biden expected to meet Zelensky at NATO summit in Washington

President Joe Biden’s next meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as with the leaders of several states that have bilateral agreements with Ukraine, will take place during the NATO summit in Washington.

A senior US administration official officially announced the upcoming meeting, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

According to the official, President Biden will host an event on the sidelines of the summit with President Zelenskyy and about 20 allies and partners that have signed security agreements with Ukraine.

The NATO summit is scheduled for July 9-11.

The summit will commemorate the historic 75th anniversary of NATO, founded on April 4, 1949 with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, DC.

This is the fourth NATO summit to be held in the United States, after Washington in 1978, Washington in 1999 and Chicago in 2012. It is also the first summit since Sweden joined NATO and the last for Jens Stoltenberg as Secretary General.

News.Az