Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he wants more constructive cooperation with the US. (AP: Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has offered an olive branch to his US counterpart Donald Trump, describing their fiery Oval Office meeting last week as "regrettable".
In an awkward exchange last Friday, Mr Zelenskyy, Mr Trump and US Vice-President JD Vance criticised each other in front of dozens of reporters, and senior government officials, over plans to strike a peace deal with Russia.
By Monday, Mr Trump announced he was pausing all aid to Ukraine, which has been fighting a Russian invasion for more than three years.
In a statement posted to social media on Tuesday, local time, Mr Zelenskyy said it was "time to make things right" and that he was ready to work under Mr Trump's "strong leadership".
"Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be," the post read.
The Ukrainian president also said his country was:
- Ready to sign a security and minerals deal proposed by the Trump administration
- Valued what "America has done to help Ukraine maintain its sovereignty and independence"
- Keen to "work fast" to end the war.
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