Zelenskys inauguration in may, i believe you testified it was one of the largest delegations . I believe it was. I cant be 100 sure. I believe it was the Largest National delegation. Okay. And included in the delegation was Secretary Perry . Secretary perry, ambassador sondland, myself, senator ron johnson was there and also the charge daffaires at the u. S. Embassy at the time, joe pennington. We talked a little bit this morning, but president zelenskys inauguration came together rather quickly . It did. I believe we had about three days notice in which to put the delegation together. Theres been some discussion whether the Vice President was going to be able to lead that effort and as it turned out he was not able to lead it. Do you have any information as to why the Vice President was unable to join . I dont. And mr. Morrison, do you have any information as to why the
Vice President was unable to participate in the delegation . No. Ambassador volker, you testified during your deposi
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visiting european capitals that he will come to the uk and meet with the uk prime minister because we know since the time borisjohnson was prime minister, there has been that emphasis within the uk government abroad agreement across all uk political parties of wanting to give ukraine as much support as possible. with rishi sunak, with a few important international visits coming up, iceland, japan for the g7, it is coming up, iceland, japanforthe g7, it is a coming up, iceland, japan for the g7, it is a good opportunity for him as prime minister to talk about recent meetings with president zelensky on what he thinks the uk should do and what other countries can do to rip out the russian invasion. rishi sunak saying in remarks released ahead of the meeting with president zelensky, we must not let them down, the front line of the aggression, the fault lines stretching all over the world so the message that rishi sunak will try and take that message with him
off the russian invasion. that has come from downing street. in terms of what the uk said, in terms of the british government, they said rishi sunak, the prime minister, would reiterate the importance of intimating a full package of support ukraine, and that s because one of the things the prime minister has emphasised is that it is in everyone s best interest to support ukraine s efforts and provide president zelensky with the support thatis president zelensky with the support that is needed. i ll give you a bit of an extract from what president zelensky said on twitter. he said the uk is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air and president zelensky went on to say in his tweet that this cooperation will continue today, i will meet my friend richey, we will conduct substantive