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Trump says Ukraine's new president, Zelenskiy, to visit White House soon

Trump says Ukraine's new president, Zelenskiy, to visit White House soon
FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks after a parliamentary election in Kiev, Ukraine July 21, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo Copyright  Valentyn Ogirenko(Reuters)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, was going to be invited to the White House and that he would be coming very soon.

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Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he thought Zelenskiy was "a very reasonable guy" and that he was likely to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy, a television sitcom star, was elected in a landslide in May.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Jonas Ekblom; Writing by Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)

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