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And they talked about the next steps to be taken on the Ukraine front, after the first meeting in and the 30 -day ceasefire proposal, with the US Foreign Ministry declaring moderately optimistic, referring to a difficult situation that needs work.
US Secretary of State Marko Rubio contacted his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov by his Russian counterpart on Saturday and “discussed the next steps” in talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, as announced by the State.
Snapshot from US -Russia talks in Saudi Arabia
What did Rubio – Lavrov agreed
The two ministers “discussed the next steps after recent meetings in Saudi Arabia and agreed to continue working to restore communication between the US and Russia,” said Tami Bruce, a US foreign ministry spokesman.
He added that Rubio also informed Lavrov about them.
The State Department has not announced when the next round of US-Russia talks will be held under the auspices of Saudi Arabia.
Despite the tensions that preceded the US president and Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski, Kiev accepted Washington’s proposal for a 30 -day unconditional ceasefire, as Moscow stopped attacks on eastern Ukraine.
Putin reservations
However, the Russian president expressed reservations and raised conditions, listing issues that need clarification, making sure not completely rejecting the Trump initiative.
Last Saturday, during a teleconference organized by the British prime minister with about 25 leaders of states and organizations supporting Ukraine, the so -called “alliance of willing” decided to exert “collective pressure” in Russia in order to oblige it to accept it.
“The ball is on the Russian stadium,” which “sooner or later should get involved in serious talks,” said British Prime Minister Kir Starmer, who thinks Putin “is trying to get stuck” to continue the war.
‘Russia will not do back’
At the same time, and according to a report by the Washington Post, the US Secret Services believe that Russia is not going to be back in Ukraine’s claims, questioning whether the Russian president is willing to end the war.
For its part, Russia remains in the terms it has put on the truce, with the situation in the, visited by Vladimir Putin, to give the mark of developments.
