US President Joe Biden hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Sept. 1 for a meeting that sought to draw a line under an unusually rocky period in bilateral ties between the two longstanding partners and reaffirm America’s unwavering commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Sept. 1, 2021. This was the two leaders’ first face-to-face meeting and the first trip to the White House for a Ukrainian leader in more than four years. The U.S. and Ukraine issued a joint statement calling bilateral relations “stronger than ever.” And the U.S. sweetened the atmosphere with more than $100 million in new aid. But Zelensky did not get unequivocal U.S. support of Ukraine’s bid for NATO membership. He also did not persuade Biden to change course and impose sanctions that would stop the completion of the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
