Saudi meetings. A truce out of front

In Riyadh, the parties came to a truce in the Black Sea and the energy sector, but Russia has traditionally appointed a number of conditions.

During the negotiations in Saudi Arabia, an agreement was reached by a temporary truce in the Black Sea and the energy sector, the President of the Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said. Stopping stops start from March 25th.

“Now, a Truce enters the strength, covering the infrastructure of black sea and energy,” Zelensky said.

“So far, the agreement is as follows: each of the parties does not apply the corresponding weapon to energy,” the President added.

Details of the Agreement

Generally, about banning the blows in the black sea, then This is not only about free commercial shipping, but also about the safety of infrastructure related to itExplained Zelensky.

All the parties, according to him, Sumang to ensure safe navigation, stop using force and avoid using commercial courts for military purposes In the black sea.

Din The main partner in tracking a slight stopEspecially, by intelligence. However, other states can join many issues, the president says.

“For example, someone from Europe or, for example, turkey, you can (attract – ed.) According to the situation at sea. Maybe someone from the Middle East to energy. That is, these are separate technical issues. But the third paragraph control is important, monitoring is important and you can attract other countries for monitoring, “the President said.

“The West, the USA and Europe, have enough technical capabilities to start monitoring immediately after agreements entered into force,” Zelensky believes.

Note that now a truce enters the strength, covering not only the black sea, but also the energy infrastructure. The Ukrainian side gave the United States a list of objects that had fallen under the Washington initiative.

According to the President, the proposal works like this: “We haven’t hit their energy – they don’t admire our energy.”

“If Russia violates a truce, I will return to Trump for penalties and weapons“, – Zelensky added.

Condition of Moscow

Kremlin after negotiations with the United States are claimed to be Energy Truce is said to have begun on March 18But here As for the Black Sea, it will only start to stop stopping after lifting penalties from Rosselkhozbank and other Russian financial organizations involved in international food trade operations.

In particular, they set a condition – Connect Rosselkhozbank and other financial institutions back to Swift and open correspondent accounts.

Among other Kremlin conditions there are still these points:

• Lifting penalties from manufacturing companies and exports of food and fertilizer;

• The lifting of service restrictions on the ports of ships and penalties from ships under the Russian flag;

• Removal of restrictions on the supply of agricultural machinery in the Russian Federation.

White House concessions

It should be noted that the White House’s press service published its statement following negotiations with the Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia, and it was a bit different from the Kremlin’s distribution.

In particular, in Trump’s administration They mentioned anything about lifting penalties from Russia for the sake of a truce in black sea.

However Washington has agreed to help Russia restore access to the world market for exporting and agricultural fertilizer, reduce the cost of maritime transportation insurance, as well as expand access to ports and payment systems for such operations.

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