Zelensky reiterates his invitation to Biden to visit Ukraine: "It would be an important signal"

Biden will travel to Poland between February 20 and 22, a few days before the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war

MADRID, 15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has reiterated this Wednesday the invitation made to his American counterpart, Joe Biden, to visit the country and thus join the long list of international leaders who have traveled to Ukrainian territory since the outbreak of war.

"President Biden and I already meet occasionally. We have invited the president, I think he will be happy to visit Ukraine if he has the opportunity. That would be an important signal to support our nation," Zelensky said in response to a question from the CNN.

However, regardless of whether Biden can finally travel to Ukraine or not, President Zelenski wanted to emphasize Kiev's gratitude to Washington for its continued dialectical support and also for the successive rounds of military supplies, which have been of " great help".

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed last Friday that Biden will visit Poland between February 20 and 22, a few days before the first anniversary of the war, on February 24.

There he will not only meet with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, but will also hold meetings with the leaders of the so-called Bucharest Nine, a group promoted by Romania and Poland, and which also includes Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

This visit by Biden to Poland, a country bordering Ukraine, has sparked speculation that the president might take the opportunity to cross the border into Ukrainian territory to meet with Zelenski, a possibility that Jean-Pierre herself has ruled out for the moment.