American representatives completed negotiations with the Russians. The meeting took place one day after negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation.
The United States delegation, led by the special Steve Witkoff, met with Kremlin businessmen in Saudi Arabia. The meeting took place after both of the Ukrainian delegation and lasted more than 12 hours. A joint statement based on the results of the negotiations will be shared on March 25. What is known today – more than the plot.
Russian delegation
On Friday, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president personally chose participants in the negotiations. The delegation is chaired by the Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin and advisor to the Director of FSB Sergey communication.
Karasin had previously represented Moscow in “delicate” foreign policy negotiations, and the choice of conversation for western journalists was a surprise.
As you know, the conversation is chaired by the FSB department, which is responsible for international reconnaissance operations. Russian media called him one of the major sources of intelligence, convinced of Vladimir Putin in 2022 that in Ukraine there were pro -russian sentiment and a quick “aggression can easily break the government in the KYIV.”
In 2023, the head of Gur Kirill Budanov called the master the conversation “a very problematic man” for Ukraine, to “do a lot of evil.”
Ukrainian delegation
Kyiv in Riyadh is represented by defense minister Rustem Umarov and chief military advisor to President Vladimir Zelensky Pavel Palis.
Both Umarov and Palisa are members of the Ukrainian delegation in peace negotiations, appointed by Zelensky this month. Note that the group itself is led by presidential office leader Andrei Ermak.
Given the technical nature of energy and shipping negotiations, Ukraine has sent experiments diplomats and civil servants as part of its delegation. According to Ukrinform, the team included deputy foreign minister Alexander Karasevich, Deputy Heads of the Presidential Office Pavel Palis and Igor Zhovkva, Deputy Minister of Energy Nikolai Kolisnik.
What was discussed
According to the Kremlin, the main point of the negotiations of the negotiations today is “The Black Sea Initiative question and all aspects related to its updating”, including “Shipment Safety”.
US president Donald Trump himself listed other issues that, according to him, were on the table: “We are talking about territory today. We are talking about demarcation lines.”
“We are also talking about owning power plants,” the American leader added, noting that he did not agree with the management of Ukrainian nuclear power planting.
Trump also noted that he hopes that Ukraine will soon sign a revenue distribution agreement from the subsoil with the United States.
“We have finished an agreement with rare -earth metal. We are about to sign it. Now we are talking about territories,” Trump said.
On the eve of the White House on National Security, the National Security House also said that CBS will face the country that teams will discuss the “control line” between the two countries, which he described as “steps for reviewing, maintaining the world, freezing the lines where they are.”
According to him, the “steps to strengthen trust”, in particular, the return of Ukrainian children stolen by Russia, has also been discussed.
After the negotiations, the US State Department Temmi Bruce’s press secretary said that in Saudi Arabia, a moratorium on the blows in the black sea was raised in Saudi Arabia.
“The goal is to completely restore peaceful trade in the Black Sea,” Bruce said.
At the same time, according to him, only after a complete ceasefire, it is possible to discuss the parties’ disagreement and “what happens for it when it comes to a strong world.”
“And the only thing that leads us is the conversations conducted, technical discussions now in Saudi Arabia, talks between presidents, maneuvers, negotiations and diplomatic conversations. This is all we think about when we talk about the next day,” Bruce explained.
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