Trump told the Estonian president about the conversation with Zelensky

US President Donald Trump told his Estonian counterpart Alar Karis that the solution to the conflict is based on Ukraine is close after the meeting in The Vatican with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. This was announced by Karis, who spoke with Trump after the funeral of Pope Francis.

"I asked him how the peace process was going and asked him to do everything to ensure that the process continued so that the United States would not withdraw (from the role of mediator). He promised to do this and said that we are pretty close to a solution, since he has just met with Zelensky. Of course, I didn't ask him in too much detail about what this meeting gave," the Estonian president was quoted as saying by ERR.

Trump and Karis also discussed mutual visits and the importance of transatlantic relations not only from a European, but from an American point of view.

"President Trump agrees with this. So we need to think about how to make these relations better," Karis said.

Trump and Zelensky met for a few minutes before Francis' funeral. As Sky News reported, they agreed to continue the conversation after the ceremony, but Trump left almost immediately after its completion. According to RBC-Ukraine, the American president planned his own schedule in this way.

"But they discussed the main thing," the source said.

Zelensky described the meeting as "very symbolic, with the potential to become historic" if common results are achieved. He said that the leaders discussed a "complete and unconditional cease-fire." It was the first meeting of Zelensky and Trump after a skirmish in the White House on February 28.

The Ukrainian leader also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron. After the conversation, he said that Kiev was ready for an unconditional cease-fire.

Before the trip to Vatican Trump said that the situation with the negotiations on the settlement of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is moving forward, but remains "very fragile." Washington allowed an exit from the negotiations if Moscow and Kiev would "slow down the process."

On April 26, the Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, on the eve expressed Moscow's readiness to resume negotiations with Kiev without any preconditions.