According to a US legislature and a source that’s acquainted with the planning.
Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, US security advisor Mike Waltz and Steve Witkoff, the Messenger of the White House, will travel to Saudi Arabia, said US representative Michael McCaul in Munich.
A source with knowledge of the plans confirmed the talks.
Russia entered neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. Russia occupies around a fifth of Ukraine and demanded the Kyiv territory and can be permanently neutral as a part of a peace agreement. Ukraine demands that Russia withdraw from captured country and needs NATO membership or equivalent security guarantees to forestall Moscow from attacking again.
Rubio held a call on Saturday along with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and discussed the conflict in Ukraine, each parties said. They agreed with regular contacts to organize for a gathering between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump, said the Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
McCaul, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House Foreign Affair, said it was his understanding that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been invited to take part in the Saudi discussions.
McCaul said the talks aimed to reconcile a gathering with Trump, Putin and Zelenskyy, “to finally bring peace and end this conflict”.
When asked concerning the planned meeting between the USA and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, Zelenskyy said – in Germany for the Munich -Security Conference – Reporters: “Maybe there is something (at) the table, but not on our table. I have no I haven't seen it. Messenger. “
He said it was strange for him to talk over with us and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia. “
Zelenskyy said on Friday that he would visit the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, but didn’t say when. However, the Ukrainian leader said he had no plans to make visits to us or Russian officials during this visits.
Zelenskyy used to say on Saturday that Ukraine would never accept peace shops that were achieved behind the back or without Kyiv. Ukraine has repeatedly said that it desires to get along with the USA and Europe to develop a standard strategy before a Trump Putin meeting.
Trump's one -sided overture to Putin on Wednesday, accompanied by obvious concessions to the major requirements of Ukraine, solved each Kyiv and the European allies in NATO, who said they feared that the White House could do a deal without them.
The European officials took an exceptionally fixed line and said that an agreement was not implemented unless they and the Ukrainians had included within the negotiation.
Trump, who spoke to reporters within the White House on Thursday, said that Ukraine would have a spot on the table throughout the peace negotiations with Russia concerning the end of the war.
Negotiations on a critical mineral contract continued, with Zelenskyy said that a draft from Washington didn’t contain the safety regulations that Kyiv needed. Three sources said that the United States had proposed to take over 50% of Ukraine's critical minerals.
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