Negotiations of the Russian Federation and the US in Saudi Arabia: Main statements
The focus has collected the main thing. The US Secretary of State, the US Secretary of State, US Secretary of State, US Secretary of State, US Secretary of State, US Secretary of State, and representative of the US President on the Middle East Witcoff. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the chief adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin from foreign policy Yuri Ushakov and the head of the Russian direct investment fund Kirill Dmitriev came from Russia.
Ukraine and representatives of Europe were not invited to meet in Saudi Arabia. Marco Rubio and Lavrov agreed to create groups in order to "start working on the end of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine as soon as possible. This was reported by US State Department spokesman Temmy Bruce. According to her, efforts are at the initial stage, because "one phone call followed by one meeting is not enough to establish a long peace.
" Rubio announced its intention to appoint a high -ranking team from the United States, which will help negotiate and work to end the war against Ukraine in a way that will be "stable and acceptable" for all parties involved. He stated that the parties aimed to start discussing, analyzing, and studying both geopolitical and economic cooperation, which can complete the war. The same five people who negotiated in Riyadh will be involved in the process.
Marko Rubio also hinted at the EU's further role and sanctions from Russia: "There are other parties that have been sanctioned, the European Union will at some time have to sit at the negotiating table, because they have also been sanctioned. " The US Secretary of State said Russia is ready to join the "serious process" of negotiations, the Secretary of State also said.
Mike Volz denied that the United States was communicating with Russia behind the backs of Ukraine and the European Union, emphasizing the benefits of "shuttle diplomacy", which was "always in history and everywhere.
" He stated that Donald Trump's call Vladimir Zelensky was literally a few minutes after Vladimir Putin's call, Marco Rubio and Vice president Jay Vance met with Zelensky recently, Trump spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on the eve, and seven members of the US administration in Europe. how important it is for Trump to interact with the Allies.
"We will continue to reject the statements that we did not consult with our allies: they consulted and consult with them literally on a daily basis, and we will continue to do so," Volz said. The US and the Russian Federation agreed to restore the staff of their embassies in Washington and Moscow. According to Marco Rubio, it was done to "create missions to support peace talks on Ukraine, bilateral relations and more cooperation.
" It is worth noting that most often Russian diplomats from the United States were sent in the first presidential term of Donald Trump. And in 2017, Moscow reduced the number of American diplomats and diplomats in Russia by 755 people, up to 455. Vladimir Putin then said that it would be "sensitive" to Washington.
Lavrov stated that the United States proposed to introduce a moratorium on the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on energy facilities, while lied that Moscow had never attacked the energy supply systems, and the targets were "only objects related to the Armed Forces.
" Sergiy Lavrov also commented on the report of Fox News correspondent that the US and Russia are offering a three -stage peaceful plan for the completion of the war of Russia against Ukraine, which provides elections in Ukraine after ceasefire, but before signing the final agreement.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that he had not seen this plan, adding that Russia and the United States have agreed to "form a process on Ukrainian settlement" and "to ensure as soon as possible the appointment of ambassadors. " And also create conditions for restoration of cooperation between Moscow and Washington.
As for the planned meeting of Donald Trump with Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov reported that she could hardly take place next week, but "it is difficult to talk about specific dates. " This edition of Bloomberg reported that the meeting of Trump and Putin is preparing to hold by the end of February. Kirill Dmitriev called Trump and his team "a team of solving problems", saying that US negotiations did not give direct promises to their Russian colleagues.
At the same time, he said he was expecting progress in economic matters between the US and Russia for three months. He also noted that the issue of lifting sanctions from Russia in Riyadh was not discussed. Answering the question that Russia suggested the United States during the negotiations, Dmitriev said that both countries were "open to cooperation and openness to conduct economic and investment activities.
" President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that negotiations between representatives of Russia and the United States are taking place about Ukraine and without Ukraine and stressed that Ukraine will never go to Moscow's ultimatum. Zelensky also announced that he had transferred his visit to Saudi Arabia on March 10 to avoid "coincidence". The adviser to the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak called it absurd what Moscow is talking about peace, killing Ukrainians, said The Guardian.
Podolyak did not criticize the Trump administration directly, but stated that the negotiations were not properly prepared and became only a forum for new Russian "ultimatums". "Encouraging, not coercion, voluntary and bizarre abandonment of power in favor of a disappointing and unmotivated aggressor peace," said the negotiations of Russia and the USA Podolyak. Recall that the Kremlin is talking about the lack of understanding about the terms of meeting Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.