Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready to sign a minerals deal with the US.
Asked by reporters about his trip to the White House on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about the difficulty of conducting any sensitive negotiations in public.
In a video broadcast by the BBC, he said it was "not right" to hold such completely open talks, nor could "enemies take advantage" of any disagreements between allies.
He said he did not want to talk about the feud, but was instead focused on moving to "constructive" talks about the future.
"If we are constructive, a positive result will come," he said.
He was also asked if he was ready to "go back and try again" to discuss these issues with Trump.
"I didn't come to try. I traveled by train for 12 hours, then flew for 11 hours, because the president of the United States invited me and this is one of our main partners. For me it is a gesture of respect to be at the White House when the president invites me," he said.
He insisted that he never intended to "offend" anyone and was always focused on bipartisan talks with all parties in the US.
But he said it was "very important that the Ukrainian position be heard," but his focus was on continuing "constructive" engagement with the US.
Zelenskyy said the minerals agreement is now ready to be signed.
He also insisted on remembering that Russia was the aggressor in this conflict and said that he "would not like this war ... to be presented in a new light, that there are two sides to the war and it is unclear who the aggressor is."
Notably, Zelenskyy spoke through a translator and refused to speak in English.