Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable on Monday before negotiations of Ukrainian and American officials in Saudi Arabia said that Ukraine wants peace and the only reason why the war is prolonged is Russia. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“Ukraine has been striving for peace from the first second of the war, and we have always said that the only reason for the war is Russia,” He declared on Saudi Arabia’s social networks on Monday.
The Ukrainian President said last week that he would meet the local Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. His team will then negotiate with US leaders about peace in Ukraine.
The US delegation will include Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and a special Plenipotentiary for the Middle East Steve Witkoff. The delegation of Ukraine will be led by the head of the presidential office Andri Jermak.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he is expecting good results from the upcoming talks. In recent days, Trump has increased pressure on Kiev to start peace negotiations with Russia. The US also suspended the sharing of news information with Ukraine. This step was preceded by a rupture between the Greeding and Trump in the White House, after which Trump temporarily stopped US military assistance to Ukraine.
Ukrainian and American officials will meet on Tuesday in Saudi Jidda for the first time since the rupture, AFP noted. American officials have already been attending the second negotiations in Saudi Arabia this year. The first ones were held in February, and the present at the meeting were representatives of the Russian Federation, who discussed with the US party on peace in Ukraine, without the participation of Kiev.
At that time, Zelenskyj condemned these interviews and described them as talks about Ukraine without Ukrainian participation. At the same time, in response to Russian-American negotiations, he announced postponing his planned journey to Saudi Arabia.
The Kremlin, who appreciated the attitude of the United States after Trump’s disagreements with Greeny, said on Monday that he does not expect concrete results from the upcoming talks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the US is likely to expect the Ukrainian party to say that it is ready for peace. “That’s actually what everyone is waiting for,” He said Peskov.
Kiev urges permanent and fair peace and asks for security guarantees that Russia would discourage from another attack on neighboring Ukraine, writes AFP.
