India, April 26 -- US President Donald Trump met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the Vatican on Saturday before the funeral of Pope Francis began, the White House confirmed.

The meeting comes weeks after the two leaders had a public spat during a media interaction in Washington DC, when Zelensky had gone to the United States to talk and sign a minerals deal with the Trump administration. This is the duo's first meeting after that spat.

White House communications director Steven Cheung said they "met privately today and had a very productive discussion" and that more details would follow, the Associated Press reported.

A Ukrainian official later said that both leaders will be meeting again soon.

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