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Photo of 15-minute summit between US and Ukraine, posted on social media by Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha (Photo: Andrii Sybiha)

Funeral diplomacy: Trump makes nice on Ukraine, but no EU talks

A Trump-Zelenskyy tête-à-tête, a von der Leyen brush-by, and a Trump faux pas marked pope Francis' funeral in Rome on Saturday (26 April). 

The nose-to-nose talks saw US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelenskyy locked in a 15-minute conversation, without aides, on two simple chairs surrounded by the vast interior of the largest c...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Photo of 15-minute summit between US and Ukraine, posted on social media by Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha (Photo: Andrii Sybiha)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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