Russian officials will meet with the United States on restoring relations, negotiating a peaceful reconciliation with the war in Ukraine, and preparing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. It will be held, the Kremlin said Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov would fly to the Saudi Arabian capital later that day to take part in Tuesday's meeting.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the US delegation. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News he and national security adviser Mike Waltz will also be taking part in the meeting.
Peskov said the consultations will mainly focus on restoring the entire US-Russian relations complex and preparing consultations on Ukrainian settlements and organizing a meeting of two presidents. It's probably.”
Ukrainian President Voldy Mirzelensky spoke to journalists on a conference call from the United Arab Emirates on Monday, adding that his country will not be participating in this week's meeting given the lack of Ukrainian officials. . The European government is also calling for a role.
The talks followed last week's call between Trump and Putin, who said “each team has agreed to start negotiations soon.” The call ended Moscow's segregation over the Ukrainian invasion on February 24, 2022, and controlled US policy. After a call with Putin, Trump made the call. Zelenskyy Let him know about their conversation.
Trump told reporters on Sunday that Zelensky would be “involved,” but did not give details.
Zelensky said he would travel to Turkey on Monday and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, but said the trip to the Arab state had no connection to US-Russia consultations planned on Tuesday.
Zelensky's top advisor Andry Yelmack said there was no chance that representatives from Ukraine and Russia would meet in person early on Sunday. In a telegram post, Yermak said Ukrainians had no plans to end the war “until we make plans” and bring “just peace.”
Speaking about the Fox News Channel's “Sunday Morning Futures” program, Witkoff hopes that he and Waltz will “conference at the president's direction” and “we want to make real good progress with regard to Russian Ukraine.” .
In his television interview, Witkov did not directly respond to questions about whether Ukraine must abandon “a significant portion” of its territory as part of the negotiated settlement.
“These are details, and I'm not denying the details. They are important. But I think the beginning here is the building of trust. This war is not continuing and should be over. “Everyone is making us understand, and that's what the president instructed us to do,” he said.
