The media learned about Macron's request to Trump not to cancel Zelensky's visit to the United States

The future visit of the president Of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky was almost canceled, but at the last moment French leader Emmanuel Macron intervened and actually persuaded the head of the White House Donald Trump to receive his Ukrainian counterpart, the TV channel reported on February 27 BFMTV.

"On Wednesday [February 26], the President of Ukraine received a message from the administration USA, in which he was advised not to come to the United States to meet with Donald Trump. Then Vladimir Zelensky called Emmanuel Macron, who, in turn, contacted Donald Trump, asking him to meet with his [Ukrainian] counterpart," the article says.

As a result, after a telephone conversation with Macron, Trump agreed to receive Zelensky at the White House.

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