“I think I heard it, he, yes, agrees that this is our native land, and we will return it. He says: “Yes, you need to work, and we will help you,” Interfax-Ukraine quotes Zelensky.
He also noted that he told Trump about the beauty of the peninsula.
The two heads of state spoke on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Trump called the meeting fantastic.
The American leader advised his colleague to “continue progress” in relations with Russia and expressed hope for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum of 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula called for reunification with Russia.