The US and the Russian Federation were against the Ukrainian delegation to take part in negotiations in Riyadh-Bloomberg
During a meeting of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Riyadh, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was in Turkey as part of an official visit, seeking to strengthen international support. He will then fly to the capital of Saudi Arabia Riyadh, where he hopes to receive information about the US-Russian talks from Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. "I ask what he knows about it. It's just interesting," Zelensky said during a visit to the UAE.
The publication notes that this position of the US side "emphasizes seismic changes in US diplomacy" after talking to Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin. Prince Muhammad wanted Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be presented in negotiations, but both Americans and Russians insisted on what they wanted to meet without Ukrainians.
Bloomberg journalists say that Trump's telephone conversation with Putin last week and the prospect of meeting the highest level between the US and the Russian Federation points to the "stunning speed" with which the new US administration is trying to reach the war -end agreement. Ukraine "did not know" about meeting in Riyadh, Zelensky said in Abu Dhabi. "We cannot admit anything or any agreements about us without us," the Head of State said.
The first in a few years the meeting of the delegations of the Russian Federation and the US in the capital of Saudi Arabia lasted more than four hours with a 15-minute pause and a lunch break. According to Putin Ushakov's representative, the negotiations were "good", and the Russian Federation and the US agreed to take into account each other's interests. We will remind, in the Kremlin talked about the right of Ukraine to join the EU.