{"id":555592,"date":"2021-06-07T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555592"},"modified":"2021-06-07T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T19:05:15","slug":"biden-invites-zelensky-to-wh-but-not-until-after-putin-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-invites-zelensky-to-wh-but-not-until-after-putin-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Invites Zelensky to WH, But Not Until After Putin Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-invites-zelensky-to-wh-but-not-until-after-putin-summit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GetFile-341.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden is inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House \u2014 but not until after a summit with Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/politics\/zelensky-nord-stream-pipeline-russia-weapon\/2021\/06\/07\/id\/1024178\/\">urged<\/a> a sit-down before the June 16 meeting amid disappointment that Biden had waived sanctions for the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline that would let Russia circumvent Ukraine and deliver natural gas directly to Germany.<\/p>\n<p>But in a phone call Monday, Biden told Zelensky he looks forward to welcoming him to the White House after returning from his trip to Europe, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/biden-ukraine-zelensky-putin-russia-97fa4a98-9d57-483c-bf6f-3900ef5c3e9b.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have come into this briefing room from the Oval\u00a0Office where President Biden was\u00a0on the phone with President\u00a0Zelensky of Ukraine,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a call they had been\u00a0planning to make in advance of President Biden going to Europe and meeting with President Putin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They had the opportunity to talk\u00a0at some length about all of the issues in\u00a0the U.S.-Ukraine\u00a0relationship and President Biden\u00a0was able to tell President\u00a0Zelensky that he will stand up firmly\u00a0for Ukraine&#8217;s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and\u00a0its aspirations as we go\u00a0forward,&#8221;\u00a0Sullivan continued.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan reiterated that Biden is meeting with Putin not in spite of the heightened tensions between the U.S. and Russia, but because of them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is never any substitute\u00a0for leader-to-leader engagement,\u00a0particularly for complex\u00a0relationships, but with Putin,\u00a0this is exponentially the case,&#8221; Sullivan said, noting the Russian strongman&#8217;s &#8220;highly personalized style of decision-making.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added it\u2019s hard to find a &#8220;better context&#8221; to hold a summit with Putin than after meetings with G7 leaders and the United States&#8217; European and NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine views the pipeline as a national security threat \u2014 and &#8220;a real weapon&#8221;\u00a0in the hands of Russia.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden has suggested he doesn\u2019t want to damage relations with Germany over a pipeline that will inevitably be completed anyway, Axios reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House \u2014 but not until after a summit with Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin. 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