The conversations took place a day before US officials met with the Russian delegation.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rustem Umarov, announced Sunday that the conversations between the Delegations of the United States and Ukraine in the capital of Saudi Arabia, Riade, were “productive and incisive” and that “the” key points, including energy “were addressed.
In a publication in the social network X, Umarov, who led the Ukrainian delegation, emphasized that the objective of President Volodymyr Zelensky is “guarantee a fair and lasting peace “to Ukraine And for Europe in general, declaring: “We are working to make this goal come true.”
According to the UCRinform news agency, the Ukrainian delegation also included the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleksandr Karasevych, president of the President -pavlo Palisa and Ihovkva, as well as the attached energy, Mykola Kolisnyk.
Palisa confirmed, the same day, that they would not meet the Russian delegation in Rioade.
In a video message posted on Sunday night, Zelensky said that the conversations held that day between the United States and Ukrainian employees were “very productive.” Zelensky also appealed to all parties to continue Exercise pressure on Russia to force the country to reach a “true” fire.
The conversations took place almost two weeks after a previous meeting between the two parties in the Saudi Port City of Jeddah, which saw kyiv agrees with a Washington proposal for a high 30 -day firein exchange for the suspension survey in military aid and share information with Ukraine.
The meeting precedes conversations between the Delegations of the United States and Russia scheduled for Monday.
The Kremlin delegation includes the president of the International Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Representatives of Russia, Grigory Karasin, and the Federal Security Service Counselor Russia, Sergey Beseda, according to the presidential advisor of a country.
The conversations took place a few days after Zelenskyy accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, from Block Fire’s high efforts, continuing acting as an “aggressor.” Although the two leaders agreed, in principle, with a high limited fire, Kremlin’s attacks against Ukraine were not interrupted, but increased by intensity.
On Friday, an EU summit in Brussels reiterated the appeals to reinforce Europe’s defenses. EU leaders agreed that the 27 members of the block must be Totally capable of defending a Russian attack by 2030.
The special envoy Steve Witkoff addresses the US delegation in Saudi Arabia. In statements to the US media, Witkoff said he did not believe that the fears that Putin seeks more territory in Europe.
“It does not seem to me that I want to conquer throughout Europe. This is a very different situation from that of the first and Second World War, where he was not born,” he said.
“For me, it’s just … In this sense, I believe in his word. And I think Europeans are also beginning to believe it. But it doesn’t matter. It is an academic issue.
He also said that his only intention is to comply with the agenda of “His boss”, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, which is about the war.
On Saturday, Trump mentioned that efforts to avoid a new climb between Russia and Ukraine were “in a way, under control.” He also said he hopes Riyadh speaks to give a great advance to finally end the war for more than three years.
