– Mr. (Mike) and I have agreed. Waltz that a bilateral consultation on the substance will be conducted by experts appointed by the Presidents. They'll be on Monday. March 24, Riyadh – reported Uszakov , quoted by Russian news agency Tass.
Establishment arrangements expert teams who will discuss the anticipation of ending the war in Ukraine, collapsed during a Tuesday telephone call on the Donald Trump line – Vladimir Putin.
US-Russia talks. Experts of the countries will meet in Saudi Arabia
The first circular of talks between US and Russian representatives on the conflict in Ukraine took place February 18 And it took almost 4.5 hours. Washington was represented by the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National safety Advisor Mike Waltz and a peculiar safety envoy in the mediate East Steve Whitkoff.
Russian president Vladimir Putin sent his advisor to Riyadh Yuri Uszakova and the Head of Diplomacy Sergei Lavrov. Before the gathering Uszakov was announced by the Russian delegation approaching talks with "business attitude". The Director-General of the Russian Direct Investment Fund was besides present Kirill Dmitriev.
SEE: Night clashes between Ukraine and Russia. "The Most Serious Attack in History"
At a press conference following a gathering with the Russians, Mike Waltz stressed that Ukraine's agreement must be "a permanent end to the war". This. can't just be a temporary break as we have seen in the past," he stressed.
He explained that the negotiations would concern territory and safety guarantees. “This is simply a hard subject to discuss,” he said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed that the conflict had to end all sides they will gotta accept the findings. "All parties will gotta make any concessions," he said, asked for sanctions.
War in Ukraine. What about a partial ceasefire?
On 11 March, in Saudi Arabia, talks were held between representatives of the USA and Ukraine. It was then that representatives of Kiev expressed their willingness to accept the American proposal 30-day ceasefire. On a Tuesday conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, however, the Russian president reviewed the offer by agreeing to partial ceasefireon energy infrastructure.
SEE: Zelenski on ceasefire. ‘You can rapidly enter’
The day after the discussion with Putin, Trump talked to Zelenski. The Ukrainian leader rated the conversation as “the most serious telephone conversation” with the US President. He informed that Kiev would prepare list of facilities that could be covered by a partial truce.
This list could include not only energy infrastructure facilities, but besides also railway and port facilities. He added that until there was a appropriate paper of even a partial truce, the attacks would continue.
