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- News. President Trump and Melania pay tribute to Pope Francis during solemn visit to Vatican
Last Monday, April 21, the terrible news broke of the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88. An unexpected news that has caused and continues to cause great commotion throughout the world. This Saturday was held the funeral of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Rome, an event that has had strict security measures because of the type of personalities who will attend.
Two of the political leaders who have been at the ceremony are Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, who met shortly before the start of the ceremony, according to Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform. The US president and the Ukrainian president had a meeting of about 15 minutes and it is not ruled out that they will have more meetings throughout the day.
US could stop ing Ukraine if a truce 'is not feasible'
This meeting comes after Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, warned that "if a truce in Ukraine is not feasible", they will have to "move on". "We have to determine in the next few days whether (a truce) is feasible or not, and if it is not possible, we have to move on", he said bluntly.
"We'll be ready to help when you're ready for peace, but we're not going to continue this effort for weeks and months," said the US diplomat. It is worth ing that the last time Trump and Zelensky met was in the tense meeting they held in Washington a few months ago.
On that occasion, the atmosphere was very tense and the meeting ended with the Ukrainian president leaving without g the agreement on Ukraine's rare earths. "President Trump and President Zelensky met privately today and had a very productive encounter," said White House communications director Steven Cheung.