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ukrainian president zelensky is visiting the united states. as soon as he arrived in the united states on the 22nd, he visited a military factory in pennsylvania. unexpectedly, this itinerary caused controversy. republican speaker of the house of representatives johnson sent a letter to zelensky on the 25th, requesting that ukraine’s ambassador to the united states markarova be dismissed from her post because the latter did not invite republicans to participate in the trip when she arranged the trip, and those who accompanied zelensky were all democrats.

johnson said that this arrangement was "obviously a campaign to help the democrats campaign" and "obviously interfered with the us election." pennsylvania is one of the major "swing states" in the united states, and its election results may influence the outcome of the general election.

in protest, johnson also said that he would not meet with zelensky on the 26th. according to the official schedule, zelensky will deliver a speech at the united nations general assembly in new york from the 24th to the 25th, and will go to washington to meet with us president biden, vice president harris and others on the 26th.

republican presidential candidate trump is skeptical of military aid to ukraine. he has previously vowed to seek a solution through negotiations after winning the election. trump even made remarks on the 25th criticizing zelensky’s refusal to negotiate.

after visiting the united states, zelensky said in an interview that trump's running mate vance was too "extreme" on the ukraine issue, which has triggered calls from republicans for him to stay less involved in u.s. domestic politics. us media reported that the republican party is planning to investigate the us government's use of public resources to strengthen security for zelensky's visit to the military factory. (reporter: xie e; video: fu yiming, wang hongbin)

source: xinhua news agency