With the opening of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, leaders from across the world convened to take stock of a global order that has not seemed shakier since the coldest days of the Cold War.
Zelensky made his second trip to the United States in order to attend the assembly. On Thursday he will meet with American lawmakers in Washington.
At the same time, he cannot allow their support for Ukraine to flag, or for Russia to reestablish relations that were severed when the invasion was first launched. So he pressed his case with the urgency of a leader under siege. And, like Biden, he made the case that failing to stop Russia would embolden other despots.
on Tuesday. Then, on Wednesday, he spoke to the Security Council, of which Russia is a permanent member. He lamented that reality, calling on Russia to be stripped of its veto power.Read more on Yahoo News:On Wednesday morning, Biden met with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister. The two have known each other for years but have not met since Netanyahu returned to the post in December 2022 as the leader of a far-right coalition.
His invitation for Netanyahu to visit Washington later this year appeared to be something of an enticement.
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