US, Russia and Ukraine to meet in Saudi Arabia: Trump reveals details
14 February 07:28
US President Donald Trump said that next week in Saudi Arabia, high-ranking US and Russian officials will meet to discuss the settlement of the war. Ukraine will also take part in these talks. Trump said this during a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
According to him, he will not personally participate in the talks, but American and Russian officials will be involved in the discussions.
“Next week in Saudi Arabia, there will be a meeting not with me for President Putin, but with high-ranking officials. And Ukraine will also be a part of it. And we will see if we can end this war,” Trump said.
What to expect from the talks?
The American president also mentioned the Munich Security Conference, which will take place today, February 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to meet with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio there.
Trump called this event important for launching the diplomatic process and emphasized that Russia could join it. At the same time, the Office of the President of Ukraine denied the possibility of negotiations with Russian representatives in Munich.
It remains to be seen whether the upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia will really bring the end of Russia’s war against Ukraine closer.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. This deadline has already passed.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The plan was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war, taking into account the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, included a provision that Russia would retain the territories it temporarily occupied and that Ukraine would not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. Trump’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak on his behalf.
Currently, the US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days within which he wants to reach some kind of agreement. Of these, 24 days have already passed. During this time, the US presidential administration has established contact with the Kremlin, an American envoy has traveled to Moscow, and Trump has spoken to Putin on the phone and allegedly agreed to meet in Saudi Arabia.
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