Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenski announced on Saturday that the gathering of the Ukrainian and American delegation would take place on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. It was previously reported that the talks would take place in Riyadh on Monday.
Volodymyr Zelenski declared during a war cabinet gathering in Kharkovthat "special attention has been paid to preparation for a gathering with the American delegation which will take place in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, March 23‘. This information is included in the communication on the authoritative website of the president of Ukraine.
On Friday, Zelenski reported that the head of the Ukrainian delegation in talks in Saudi Arabia about details of the ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine will be Minister for Defence Rustem Umierov.
Peace negotiations. gathering of Ukraine delegation with US delegation on Sunday
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian MFA Heorhi Tychyj explained on the same day that the Monday gathering of the Ukrainian and US delegation in the Saudi Arabia capital is not political but only technical. A gathering of the US and Russia delegation was scheduled for Monday.
SEE: Key gathering in Saudi Arabia. The US and Ukraine want to proceed talking about peace
This week U.S. president Donald Trump held telephone calls with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and president Zelenski. Trump and Putin agreed to a 30-day ceasefire on energy facilities and infrastructure.
However, this agreement is much narrower than the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in airspace, at sea and on land that Ukraine had previously accepted.
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