Nearly lost amid the understandable focus on Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti and the resurging pandemic is a critically important meeting set to take place Wednesday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Biden. Zelensky’s White House visit will be the first by a Ukrainian leader in more than four years. It will be an opportunity for Biden to reiterate U.S. support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression, for its integration into the Euro-Atlantic community and its fight against corruption.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena, are greeted upon their arrival in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 30. Ukrainian Ambassador to Ukraine Oksana Markarova is in the background. Zelensky is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Sept. 1 before flying to California.
