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Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched a gaggle of senior officers to Saudi Arabia for conferences with the U.S. a few potential peace deal for Ukraine, the Kremlin introduced Monday.
The officers, Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, will meet with U.S. counterparts on Tuesday. The teams plan to debate a restoration of diplomatic ties between Washington and Moscow, in addition to a Ukrainian peace deal and a possible assembly between President Donald Trump and Putin.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the U.S. delegation, accompanied by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz, the state division confirmed Monday.
The assembly comes simply days after Trump revealed he had spoken to Putin in a telephone name final week. Trump mentioned he and Putin “agreed to have our respective groups begin negotiations instantly.”
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President Donald Trump (heart), Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (proper). (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs | Contributor/Getty Photographs | Scott Olson/Getty Photographs)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met the trouble with skepticism, urging Trump to not belief Putin in a separate name final week.
“I mentioned that [Putin] is a liar,” Zelenskyy recounted of his telephone name to Trump. “And he mentioned, ‘I believe my feeling is that he is prepared for these negotiations.’ And I mentioned to him, ‘No, he is a liar. He does not need any peace.'”
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Zelenskyy nonetheless mentioned he believes Putin is a “little bit scared” of Trump.
Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov will lead the Russian delegation assembly with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia this week. (AP Photograph/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Trump’s representatives have declined to supply particulars in regards to the negotiations, corresponding to whether or not the U.S. would help a deal the place Ukraine is compelled to surrender a large quantity of its pre-war territory.
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“These are particulars, and I’m not dismissive of the main points, they’re essential. However I believe the start right here is trust-building. It’s getting all people to know that this struggle doesn’t belong persevering with, that it ought to finish. That’s what the president has directed us to do,” Witkoff instructed Fox Information on Sunday.
In the meantime, U.Ok. Prime Minister Kier Starmer has confirmed that he’s prepared to place British troops on the bottom in Ukraine to make sure its safety as a part of a peace deal.
“I don’t say that calmly,” he wrote within the Every day Telegraph. “I really feel very deeply the accountability that comes with probably placing British servicemen and girls in hurt’s means.”
“However any function in serving to to ensure Ukraine’s safety helps to ensure the safety of our continent, and the safety of this nation,” he added.
Battle has continued to rage in Ukraine in current days regardless of a telephone name between Trump and Putin discussing a potential peace deal. (Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP, ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP through Getty Photographs)
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Zelenskyy added in his interview that he won’t settle for any negotiation hashed out by simply the U.S. and Russia.
“I’ll by no means settle for any selections between the USA and Russia about Ukraine. By no means.… The struggle in Ukraine is in opposition to us, and it’s our human losses. And we’re grateful for all of the help, unity between U.S.A. – in U.S.A. round Ukraine help, bipartisan unity, bipartisan help, we’re grateful for all of this. However there is no such thing as a… chief on this planet who can actually make a cope with Putin with out us about us,” he mentioned.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital overlaying nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to [email protected], or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
