Ukraine-Russia peace talks: US Vice President JD Vance meets Zelenskyy at Rome

US Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Rome on Sunday on the sidelines of Pope Leo XIVs inaugural mass at Saint Peters Square in Vatican CityAccording to a statement from the Office of the Vice President the focus of the meeting was on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine with discussions centred on their shared objective of halting the bloodshed in UkraineUnited States Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also present at the meetingBoth parties also discussed the current status of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul Turkiye which aim to achieve a ceasefire and establish lasting peace in the regionThis afternoon in Rome Italy Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy The leaders discussed their shared goal of ending the bloodshed in Ukraine and provided updates on the current state of negotiations for a ceasefire and lasting peace the statement from the VPs office readAll three were among the attendees of Sundays twohourlong liturgy in the Vatican along with the President of Peru Dina Boluarte the country where Pope Leo served as both a missionary and a bishop for several decadesThe negotiations in Istanbul were the first facetoface meeting of both countries after three years of tough military confrontationEarlier US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement reached during RussiaUkraine talksDuring his conversation on Saturday Rubio reiterated Trumps message stating The death and destruction must stopSecretary Rubio welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement reached during the May 16 session of the UkraineRussia talks and delivered President Trumps strong message The United States is committed to achieving a lasting end to the RussiaUkraine war according to the US State DepartmentThe comprehensive peace plan proposed by the United States outlines the best way forward The Secretary emphasised President Trumps call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the violence the statement addedEarlier in that day US President Donald Trump said that he would hold separate phone calls with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy with an aim to stop the bloodbathI will be speaking by telephone to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday at 1000 am The subjects of the call will be stopping the bloodbath that is killing on average more than 5000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers a week and trade Trump wrote on Truth SocialI will then be speaking to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and various members of NATO Hopefully it will be a productive day a ceasefire will take place and this very violent war a war that should have never happened will end God bless us all he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params