Rubio calls on Zelenskyy to apologize for "fiasco" in White House

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should apologize for allegedly turning their meeting with U.S. leader Donald Trump into a "fiasco".

Rubio said this in an interview with the American television channel CNN.

"There was no need for him to go in there and become antagonistic," Rubio said.

The head of the State Department believes that Zelenskyy should apologize for his behavior in the Oval Office of the White House.

Rubio added that Zelenskyy's "aggressive talk" does not contribute to forcing people to sit down at the negotiating table.

"And you start to perceive that maybe Zelensky doesn’t want a peace deal. He says he does, but maybe he doesn’t," Rubio added.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, last Friday, February 28, Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington to meet with Donald Trump.

It was assumed that while the two leaders would hold public and closed negotiations, representatives of Ukraine and the United States would sign an agreement on minerals.

However, during the public part of the meeting, Zelenskyy got into a heated argument with Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, who also took part in the conversation.

Later, Zelenskyy and Trump had a closed-door conversation, but it did not last long. As it became known later, the Ukrainian President left the White House early, and the agreement was never signed.

As we will recall, a few hours after the incident, Zelenskyy said in an interview with Fox News that he did not consider it necessary to apologize to Trump for their public argument