[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the Ukrainian side will not participate in the upcoming negotiations between Russia and the United States in Riyadh, “even if asked to do so.”
"My visits have nothing to do with these negotiations. Although, when I come to Saudi Arabia, I will ask His Majesty what he knows about the topics of the negotiations," Zelensky said.
According to the head of the Kyiv regime, any negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict without the participation of Kyiv will allegedly have no result.
"We cannot recognize any agreements regarding us that were made without us. We do not recognize such agreements," Zelensky said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 17, upon arrival with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh, the Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov stated that the negotiations would only take place between Moscow and Washington, and no trilateral contacts with representatives of Kiev were planned. In addition, he noted that the main goal of the upcoming meeting with the American delegation was to normalize relations with Washington.
The day before, Lavrov expressed his readiness to listen to the position of the US representatives and convey it to the Russian leadership, which will determine further steps. The diplomat also emphasized that Russia will not make any concessions in the course of resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that in Riyadh they will primarily discuss the restoration of Russian-American relations, the preparation of possible negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement and the organization of a meeting between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
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Ushakov: Only bilateral negotiations will take place in Riyadh
The talks in Riyadh will only take place between Moscow and Washington; no trilateral contacts with Kiev representatives are planned. This was reported on February 17 by Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, commenting on the Rossiya 24 TV channel on information about the arrival of a certain group of Ukrainian representatives in Saudi Arabia.
"We came to negotiate with our American colleagues. These are bilateral negotiations, purely bilateral. There can be no trilateral negotiations in Riyadh," Ushakov emphasized, commenting on the information that in Saudi Arabia, in addition to representatives of Russia and the United States, there is already a Ukrainian delegation.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov arrived in Riyadh to participate in negotiations with the United States.
Upon arrival in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Ushakov noted that the main goal of the upcoming meeting with the American delegation is to normalize relations with Washington.
The day before, Lavrov expressed his readiness to listen to the position of the US representatives and convey it to the Russian leadership, which will determine further steps. The diplomat also emphasized that Russia will not make any concessions in the course of resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
In turn, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that in Riyadh they will primarily discuss the restoration of Russian-American relations, the preparation of possible negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement and the organization of a meeting between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
The representative of the UN chief Stephane Dujarric called the upcoming talks in Riyadh critically important. Dujarric added that the UN intends to observe the results of the Russian-American talks.