Russia and USA come to agreement for a truce at sea, says White House

Agreement in the Black Sea was the first to be achieved in the conversations in Riyadh, the Trump administration advances. Crach in energy has not yet arrived.

The White House published on Tuesday afternoon two reports about conversations with Russia and Ukraine (one about each country), entitled to an announcement: There is a ceasefire agreement in the Black Sea.

According to, after conversations that took place in Saudi Arabia, USA guarantee that both Ukraine and Russia “agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force and prevent the use of commercial ships for military purposes in the Black Sea. ”

The advances also that the documents mention an attempt to “develop measures to implement” the previous agreement, in order to stop attacks on energy infrastructures. This agreement will not, therefore, have been reached.

In the document on Ukraine, the White House ensures that the two countries “remain committed to helping to get the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of detained civilians and the return of Ukrainian children transferred to themselves. ”

Already in the text about Russia, it is read that the US will help “Restore Russia’s access to the world market For exports of agricultural and fertilizer products, reduce the costs of maritime insurance and improve access to ports and payment systems for these transactions. ”

“The United States reiterated President Donald J. Trump’s imperative the killing on both sides of the Russian-Ucrania conflict must stopas the step required to achieve a lasting peace agreement, ”is also read in the document.

“For this purpose, the United States will continue to facilitate negotiations between both parties to achieve peaceful resolution, in accordance with the agreements entered into in Riade,” he is also written.

Ukraine Minister of Defense, Rustem Umarov, says thatirulation of Russian ships outside the “eastern part of the black sea” will be considered a violation of the agreement, and a “threat to the national security of Ukraine”.

The completion of the conversations arrives the week after Putin proposed by the US, on the condition that some parameters are changed.