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ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Beleaguered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made a passionate appeal for bipartisan support from US Congress to support his country in fighting Russia.
In his important address to US Congress, the Ukrainian president said that the billions of dollars the US and other major powers were giving it was not charity but rather a global security investment to fight off the Russian aggression.
US Support sought
Zelenskiy, who make his first visit out of his war-hit country since the war began in February, told US Congress lawmakers that he hoped they would continue to support his country on a bipartisan basis, according to Reuters.
The Ukrainian president told the US lawmakers that their money was not charity but a global investment for security and democracy.
After a meeting at the White House with US President Joe Biden, Zelenskiy’s speech needed to resonate with House Republicans, who have voiced increasing skcepticism about continuing to send so much aid to Ukraine.
He said it was a great honour for him to be in address the US Congress and all Americans. He said that against all gloom and doom scenarios Ukraine fought it out without buckling and it was all alive.Zelenskiy said that they have defeated Russia in the battle for the minds of the world.
Zelenskiy joined a long list of world leaders to address joint meetings of the US Congress — Senate and House of representatives — a tradition that started in 1874 with a visit by Hawaiian King Kalakaua and included an almost legendary wartime visit by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Congress members from both parties repeatedly clapped and cheers parts of Zelenskiy’s speech in English he likened Ukraine’s war against Russia to World War Two.
Although there were no signs of an end to the war as both Russia and Ukraine have signalled a to keep fighting, Zelenskiy said he discussed a 10-point peace formula with President Biden.
He said that he was happy that President Biden supported his peace initiative. He urged US lawmakers to make sure that they remained solid, bicameral, and bipartisan.
