United States, Russia restores embassy personnel in Ukraine war negotiations – country
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. and Russian negotiation officials agreed to restore embassy staffing and build a senior team to negotiate peaceful peace in Ukraine and promote economic cooperation.
Rubio said that in the past few years, the action has reduced the operational capacity of both countries.
“We will need to perform dynamic diplomatic missions so that we can continue these pipelines,” he said.
This is because top diplomats from Russia and the United States met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss improving relations and negotiate negotiations to end the Ukrainian war – a reflection of the major U.S. foreign policy under U.S. President Donald Trump and change rapidly.
Ukrainian officials did not attend the meeting as the troubled country was slowly but steadily losing numerous Russian troops, a grinding war that began about three years ago. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country would not accept any results of this week's negotiations if Kiev did not participate. European allies also expressed concern about their elimination.
Besides Ukraine, meetings of Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials are expected to focus on the melting relationship between the two countries, which have been falling to decades Its lowest level.
It is also to pave the way for a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. After the negotiations, Putin's diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov told Russia's Channel 1 that the summit has no regular date yet, but will be “unlikely” to take place next week.
Allies' concerns are being eliminated
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday that the negotiations will focus mainly on “the entire scope of restoring U.S.-Russia relations and preparing possible negotiations on Ukrainian settlements and organizing two presidents meetings”. Tammy Bruce, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department, said the meeting was intended to determine how serious Russians are in peace and whether detailed negotiations could be initiated.
After the meeting, Ushakov's speech showed that little progress was made on both sides. Russia and the United States agreed to “take into consideration each other's interests” and develop their relationship. He added that the positions of the two countries are “get closer and closer, but it is hard to say about this.”
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Following Moscow's 2022 invasion, the United States, together with European countries, imposed a series of sanctions on Russia, which allies have repeatedly expanded to damage their economy.
Recently, U.S. diplomatic blitzkrieg against the war has caused Ukraine and key allies to scramble to secure a seat on the table in fears that Washington and Moscow might not be conducive to their deals.
Kiev's absence at talks on Tuesday shocked many Ukrainians, with France convening an emergency meeting between EU countries and Britain on Monday to discuss the war.
Even if Ukraine is not on the table on Tuesday, any actual peace talks will include the country, Bruce said. Kiev participates in such negotiations based on the cornerstone of the policies of Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, whose administration also led international efforts to isolate Russia in the war.
White House officials also objected to the notion that Europe was excluded from conversations, noting that administration officials have spoken with several leaders.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he spoke to Trump and Zelenskyy by phone after his meeting in Paris.
Macron wrote on X: “We seek a strong and lasting peace in Ukraine. To achieve this, Russia must end its aggression, which must be accompanied by strong and credible security assurances of the Ukrainians,” he said. Swear to “work with all Europeans, Americans and Ukrainians”.
Peskov said on Tuesday that Putin repeatedly stated preparing for peace talks, noting that a lasting settlement of the Ukrainian conflict would not be possible without Europe's “full consideration of security issues.”
The meeting at the Diria Palace in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, also highlighted the efforts of de facto leader Mohammed bin Salman to be a major diplomatic player, thanks to the 2018 Washington Post 》 News reporter Jamal Khashoggi's reputation seriously damaged.
Saudi state media describes the negotiations as the prince’s direction. Like the neighboring United Arab Emirates, the prince maintained close ties with Russia throughout the war in Ukraine through OPEC + oil cartels and diplomatically.
Saudi Arabia has also helped in prisoner negotiations and hosted Zelenskyy for the Arab League summit in 2023. Zelenskyy said he will travel to the Kingdom later this week.
Rubio was accompanied by U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, while Lavrov sat on Kremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri U Next to Yuri Ushakov. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan and National Security Adviser Al Alban joined Rubio, Lavrov and others to start the meeting, but are expected to be Leaving early in negotiations.
Before the negotiations, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund that the Kremlin may join, emphasized the importance of the meeting.
“Good U.S.-Russia relations are very important to the world as a whole. Only a common Russia and the United States can resolve many world problems, be determined to resolve global conflicts and provide solutions.
The meeting marks the widest contact between the two countries since the invasion on February 24, 2022. Lavrov and then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony briefly talked about the interval between the G-20 meetings held in India about two years ago, while in the fall of 2022, U.S. and Russian spies in Washington The concerns of meeting in Turkey, Moscow met in Turkey. Nuclear weapons in battlefield setbacks.
Meanwhile, according to the Kiev military, Russia continues to attack Ukraine with drones. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian troops launched 176 drone resiliences in Ukraine overnight, most of which were stuck and destroyed or disabled.
A Russian drone attacked a residential building in Dolorenska in Kilovolad region, injured a mother and her two children and prompted the evacuation of 38 apartments, according to regional government reports. According to local officials, drone debris in the Cherkasy area of Ukraine has damaged four more residential buildings.
