Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a group of senior officials to Saudi Aarabia for meetings with the US about a potential peace agreement for Ukraine, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
The officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s Foreign Affairs Consultant Yuri Ushakov, will meet American counterparts on Tuesday. The groups are planning to discuss a restoration of diplomatic ties in between Washington and Moscow, As well as a Ukrainian peace agreement and a potential meeting between President Donald Trump and Putin.
State Secretary Marco Rubio will Leiden the American delegation, accompanied by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and national security adviser Mike Waltz, confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
The meeting came only a few days after Trump revealed that he had spoken in a phone call last week. Trump said he and Putin “agreed to have our respective teams negotiated immediately.”
Trump says that Russia agrees to start ‘immediately’ negotiations to end the war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump (center), Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zenskyy (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). (Alessandro Bremec/Nurphoto via Getty Images | Contributors/Getty Images | Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy Happened with skepticism and did not trust Putin in a separate call at Trump last week.
“I said (Putin) is a liar,” Zenskyy told Trump about his phone call. “And he said,” I think my feeling is that he is ready for these negotiations. ” And I said to him: ‘No, he is a liar.
Zenskyy said he believes that Putin is a “little bit of scared” from Trump.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation meeting this week with State Secretary Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Trump’s representatives have refused to offer details about the negotiations, such as whether the US would support a deal in which Ukraine is forced to specify a considerable amount of his pre -war territory.
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“Those are details, and I am not rejecting for the details, they are important. But I think the beginning here is building trust. It ensures that everyone understands that this war does not persist, that it should end. Is what the president has instructed to do to us, “Witkoff told Fox News on Sunday.
In the meantime, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer has confirmed that he is willing to place British troops on the site in Ukraine to guarantee his safety as part of a peace agreement.
“I don’t say that,” he wrote in the Daily Telegraph. “I feel very deeply the responsibility that is accompanied by the possible to jeopardize British soldiers and women.”
“But every role in helping guaranteeing Ukraine security helps to guarantee the security of our continent and the security of this country,” he added.
War has stayed in Ukraine in recent days, despite a phone call between Trump and Putin about a possible peace agreement. (Anatolii Stepanov / AFP, Anatoli Stepanov / AFP via Getty images)
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In his interview, Zenskyy added that he will not accept any negotiations that have only been eliminated by the US and Russia.
“I will never accept decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never … The war in Ukraine is against us, and it is our human losses. And we are grateful for all the support, unity between the US – in the US Around Ukrainian support, dual unity, Bipartisan support, we are grateful for all this. Putin without us about us,“He said.
