Ukraine would immediately agree to a ceasefire to a 30-day ceasefire negotiated by the US, if Russia also accepts the plan, officials announced Tuesday.
After Ukrainian representatives met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, they said, “We have expressed prepared to accept the US proposal to enact a temporary US ceasefire. Joint Statement US Department of State:
“The US will tell Russia that Russian reciprocity is key to achieving peace,” the press release explained, adding that the US will “suspend immediately” on providing intelligence and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.
Representatives from both countries also discussed humanitarian efforts that could be made in the ceasefire, including “conversion of prisoners, release of civil detainees, and the return of forced Ukrainian children.”
Finally, in the joint statement, both President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky agreed to sign a comprehensive agreement as soon as possible to expand Ukraine's economy and develop Ukraine's important mineral resources to ensure long-term prosperity and security.”
“If the war ended, it went from how the war would end to how the war would end to how the war had been up to how the war had been up to now,” according to CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs.
News of upcoming mineral agreements come shortly after the deal between Trump and Zelensky comes close It's falling apart Following a fierce exchange in the White House, an oval office.
A press release on Tuesday said the US will handle communications with Russia, but it is not yet clear how President Vladimir Putin will respond to peace talks.
Rubio was a former Florida Senator. Confirmed He met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov as Secretary of State on Trump's first inauguration day last month – Lavrov was clear that Russia would not abandon its territory to Ukraine.
Lavrov, who has been Russian foreign minister for more than 20 years, said Russia will be holding talks with the hope that the West will have to answer in some way to support the Ukrainian government, which claimed it had committed war crimes “worst than Hitler's murderers” since Russia invaded three years ago.
Following the February meeting, adviser Putin and former Russian US ambassador Ushakov said If the perspective between Washington and Moscow can be converged, then it “works” while acknowledging that it is “hard to say”. However, Ushakov pointed out that the meeting between Trump and Putin was working on in the near future.
“There's a lot to do with the delegations of both countries. We're ready for this, but it's still difficult to talk about a specific date of the meeting between the two leaders… The issue has been discussed. We're formulating the terms of this meeting,” he said.
