Live: Olena Zelenska, the wife of the Ukrainian president, visits the United States

Published on: 07/19/2022 – 06:50Modified on: 07/19/2022 – 06:52 While Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska continues her talks in the United States, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak in Tehran mechanisms to allow the resumption of grain exports stuck in Ukrainian silos. Follow our live. 4:18 a.m.: Ukrainian First Lady begins visit to the United States Olena Zelenska, the wife of the Ukrainian president, was in Washington on Monday to discuss “the humanitarian cost of Vladimir Putin’s war”, announced the Secretary of State. American state, Antony Blinken who met her. She is expected to meet Jill Biden today and address the US Congress on Wednesday. Met today with Ukraine’s First Lady Olena Zelenska to discuss the immense humanitarian costs of President Putin’s war. The United States remains committed to helping the people of Ukraine defend themselves from Russia, secure justice, and rebuild their country. pic.twitter.com/r4XuTKHPP7—Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) July 19, 2022 3:54 a.m.: Opening of EU accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his North Macedonian counterpart Dimitar Kovacevski are expected in Brussels to formally open negotiations to integrate Albania and North Macedonia into the European Union, which will take years.>> To read: The EU tries to reassure the Balkan countries without concrete progress on their integration country by the Russian military offensive at the risk of causing a global food crisis. Negotiations involving Moscow, kyiv, Ankara and the UN are scheduled for this week after progress in the talks the last week. “Firstly, we are ready to continue the work in this direction, secondly, this theme will be discussed by the presidents” Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, indicated, according to Russian agencies, the Kremlin’s diplomatic adviser, Yuri Ouchakov, to the day before a meeting between the two leaders in Iran.>> To see: “The war in Ukraine at the heart of the Davos Forum: towards a world food crisis?” With AFP