It was a fantastic conversation that Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says regarding the long-awaited conversation that came 20 days after the explosive White House debate.

Beyond the typical stuff about the instructions to the staff to work for a complete ceasefire, there is an interesting mention of the management of Ukraine’s energy facilities.

The State Department statement says that “President Trump discussed energy sources and nuclear plants.”.

Trump said the United States “could be very helpful in operating these plants with its expertise in electricity and utilities.”

Indeed, Washington stresses that “U.S. ownership of these facilities would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure.”

On the ceasefire effort, President Zelensky, as said in the State Department statement, “thanked President Trump for the productive start of the Ukrainian and U.S. team’s work in Jeddah on March 11. The meeting of senior officials of the two countries significantly helped in the process towards ending the war.”

As further reported, the Ukrainian leader “thanked President Trump for the support of the United States, in particular for the Javelin missiles first provided by President Trump and for his efforts towards peace.”

The two countries “will continue to work together to effectively end the war.”

The statement goes on to say that the US president informed his Ukrainian counterpart about his conversation with Vladimir Putin and the key issues discussed, as well as the situation on the Ukrainian war front.

Volodymyr Zelensky “requested additional air defense systems to protect his citizens, in particular Patriot missile systems,” while Trump “agreed to work with him to find out what is available, particularly in Europe.”

The issue of a partial ceasefire relating to energy facilities was raised and the two sides agreed to meet at a technical level in Saudi Arabia “to discuss expanding the ceasefire in the Black Sea on the path to a full ceasefire” with the ultimate goal of a complete ceasefire.

The two sides also discussed humanitarian issues, including the exchange of prisoners of war and the abduction of children from Ukraine who were taken to Russia.

The State Department statement said, finally, that “all parties must continue the effort to make the cease-fire work” as well as that the presidents asked their staffs “to carry out this task as quickly as possible.”