Zelenskyy meets Sudanese official during ‘technical stopover’ in Ireland

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an unscheduled meeting with President of the Transitional Sovereign Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at Shannon Airport. Picture: Volodymyr Zelenskyy/Twitter

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting with a senior official from Sudan during a “technical stopover” in Ireland.

Mr Zelenskyy stopped at Shannon Airport on the west coast of Ireland as he returned to Europe from North America, where he addressed the UN Security Council in New York.