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Trump and Zelensky Hold Peace Talks at St. Peter’s Basilica

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April 26, 2025
Trump and Zelensky Hold Peace Talks at St. Peter’s Basilica

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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Vatican City – In a striking and symbolic moment of diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met privately inside St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, just hours before the funeral Mass for Pope Francis.

The two leaders, seated face-to-face under the cavernous, ornate ceilings of one of Christianity’s most sacred spaces, discussed prospects for peace in war-torn Ukraine. Photos captured the gravity of the meeting, showing Zelensky and Trump deep in conversation amid the hushed solemnity of the basilica.

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A White House spokesperson described the talks as “very productive,” while President Zelensky called it a “good meeting,” emphasising that the pair had “discussed a lot one-on-one.”

“Hoping for results on everything we covered,” Zelensky posted on social media shortly after the discussion. “Protecting the lives of our people. Full and unconditional ceasefire. Reliable and lasting peace that will prevent another war from breaking out.”

The meeting comes against the backdrop of some of the deadliest fighting Ukraine has seen this year. Just two days ago, a massive Russian air strike on Kyiv resulted in significant casualties—the worst attack in months. Tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine had also flared recently, with President Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatening earlier this month to “walk away” from brokering peace efforts if progress remained stalled.

Trump and Zelensky speak with French President Macron and UK PM Starmer   (ANSA)

Yet Saturday’s discussion struck a noticeably more hopeful tone. President Zelensky described it as a “very symbolic meeting, with the potential to become historic, if we achieve joint results.”

The location of the meeting carried special resonance. Throughout his papacy, Pope Francis had championed dialogue and consistently called for an end to the war in Ukraine, making “martyred Ukraine” a central focus of his prayers and public appeals. His unwavering insistence on dialogue as a pathway to peace set a moral backdrop for the encounter between Trump and Zelensky.

Despite the diplomatic progress reported, tensions simmered on other fronts. President Trump later noted that Ukraine had not yet finalised a key Rare Earths deal with the United States, expressing frustration that the signing was “at least three weeks late.” The agreement, seen as strategically critical to U.S. national interests, remains an unresolved piece of the complex relationship between the two allies.

Still, for a brief moment inside St. Peter’s Basilica, diplomacy took center stage, and the possibility of peace—even tentative—seemed within reach.

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