British Foreign Secretary David Lammy admitted that he felt guilty for not providing enough support to the Ukrainian delegation before the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and White House chief Donald Trump. Lammy said this in an interview with The Guardian, writes UNN.
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"To be honest, I thought: ahhhh! Why didn't I do more to support our Ukrainian colleagues in preparing for this meeting?" Lammy said.
Lammy admitted that Zelenskyy's visit to the Oval Office, during which Trump, along with Vice President J.D. Vance, openly mocked the Ukrainian president, left him with a bitter impression.
David Lammy also explained that the Ukrainian delegation was invited to the White House at the last moment. The British side was then focused on its own meeting with Donald Trump and did not have time to provide the necessary consultations to their Ukrainian colleagues.
"I was too hard on myself. But I still felt guilty," added the head of the British Foreign Ministry.
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