The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured that he had not been informed of this meeting and “will not recognize” any agreement that would have made without Ukraine.
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Saudi Arabia will welcome talks between senior Russian and American officials on Tuesday, February 18, February 18, Moscow and Washington announced on Monday. Meeting “will be mainly devoted to recovery” Relations between the two countries and “will also be devoted to the preparation of possible negotiations on the regulations (conflict) Ukrainian”said the Kremlin on Monday. Will also be addressed “The organization of a meeting between the two presidents” Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, he added.
The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, and Iouri Ouchakov, diplomatic advisor to Vladimir Putin, must fly to Ryad for this meeting on Monday, the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov told journalists. On the American side, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday. He must be accompanied by the national security advisor, Mike Waltz, and the special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
For its part, Ukraine has not been officially informed of this meeting and “will not recognize” No agreement concluded without it on its future, warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Monday. Donald Trump caused stupor in Europe by calling Vladimir Putin last week, the two leaders agreeing to start “immediately” Negotiations to end the Russian attack against Ukraine. Europeans fear being kept away from these talks and meet in Paris on Monday with the objective of defining a common response for the security of the old continent.