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| Representatives of Russia and the United States will soon meet in Saudi Arabia, media reports |
| 2025-02-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Representatives of Russia and the United States will meet in Saudi Arabia next week, February 17–23, to prepare for possible negotiations between the presidents of the two countries, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on February 15,citing an informed source. "Officials from the United States and Russia will meet next week in Saudi Arabia to set the stage for a possible leaders' summit later this month," the publication said. According to sources, the details of the meeting and the list of participants are currently being clarified. Participation of the Ukrainian side in the negotiations is possible, but Kiev has not yet been notified of this, the report says. According to preliminary data, the negotiations will be conducted by Saudi Arabia's National Security Advisor Musaed Al-Aiban. Trump announced his intention to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia on February 13. During a telephone conversation on February 12, the presidents agreed to meet in person. As reported by the Regnum news agency, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced on February 14 that he was planning to visit Saudi Arabia in the near future, where negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict would take place. At the same time, he noted that he would not hold meetings with the Russian delegation. Zelensky insists that a “common position” of the US, Europe and Ukraine must first be developed. More from regnum.ru Kyiv says it has not sent negotiators to Saudi Arabia [Regnum] Ukraine did not send its delegates to Saudi Arabia to participate in negotiations with Russia and the United States to resolve the conflict. This was stated on February 15 by adviser to the head of the office of Volodymyr Zelensky Mykhailo Podolyak. “There are no Ukrainian negotiators who will represent Ukraine in Saudi Arabia,” he emphasized on the Ukrainian news telethon. According to him, there is currently nothing on the negotiating table that can be discussed. As reported by Regnum News Agency, on December 23, 2024, Zelensky's office chief adviser Serhiy Leshchenko acknowledged the inevitability of negotiations with Russia due to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election. At the same time, he suggested not to expect agreements similar to the Minsk agreements of 2015 and the Istanbul agreements of spring 2022. Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 12. The conversation lasted about an hour and a half. The leaders of the United States and Russia agreed to arrange a personal meeting and agreed that the time had come to work together. On February 13, Trump announced his intention to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia. Zelensky said on February 14 that he would soon visit Saudi Arabia, where negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict would take place. He noted that he would not hold meetings with the Russian delegation. Zelensky believes that a “common position” between the US, Europe and Ukraine must first be developed. A US delegation flew to Saudi Arabia on February 15 to begin peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian representatives. A Fox News journalist said that Ukraine was not informed about the upcoming US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia and was not invited to participate in them. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 So the three largest energy producers are going to sit down and have a little chat. Right now battalions of elite Chinese eavesdropping teams are deploying to the kingdom. (They say not to expect something like the Minsk or Istanbul agreements; let's hope not, they were farces.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-02-16 09:32 |