Oval Office confrontation extraordinary and unsettling – Micheál Martin

Micheál Martin has described the Oval Office encounter between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “quite extraordinary” and “very unsettling”.

The Taoiseach said he believes Europe will continue to stand with Ukraine, but added that it also has to keep engaging with the US.

It came as it emerged that Tánaiste Simon Harris had spoken to the Ukrainian foreign minister and ambassador to Ireland to express Ireland’s “full solidarity” following the heated scenes in the White House.

Mr Martin met with the Ukrainian president this week when he stopped in Ireland on his way to the US, and is due to meet the US president in March to mark St Patrick’s Day.

He was asked about the exchange between the two leaders during an appearance on RTE’s The Late Late Show.

The Taoiseach said: “It was quite…

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