United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have agreed to start working in a plan for End the War of Ukraine “as soon as possible”. In this meeting they have also agreed to move towards normalization in negotiations between the two countries.
The state spokeswoman, Tammy Bruce, has issued a statement in which she affirms that both have reached an agreement to “put the foundations for a Futura Cooperation in matters of mutual geopolitical interest. “
In addition, Marco Rubio in statements from Riad after the meeting collected by EFE has confirmed that Washington will designate a “High level equipment” to negotiate the end of the conflict. “We are going to designate a high -level team on our part To help negotiate and carry out the work until the end of the conflict in Ukraine in a way that is lasting and acceptable to all parties involved. “
In this way, it seeks Relaunch the dialogue and that a “lasting, sustainable and acceptable peace for all parties” can be achieved.
With this meeting in Riyadh, Rubio and Lavrov have broken ice in relations between the two countries. In addition, according to Washington, it shows that Trump “wants to stop deaths” and reach peace. “He is the only world leader who can get Ukraine and Russia to agree,” the State Department has highlighted in a statement.
The meeting has laid the foundations for a future “mutual cooperation”
The meeting, which aimed to “normalize” the activity between the two countries and Limar roughness has concluded with the confirmation of the United States Secretary of State of this fact. However, Doubt about what extent this will imply the rest of the actors, referring to the European Union and Ukraine itself.
Donald Trump’s administration expects to lay the foundations for a future cooperation “mutual” At the geopolitical and economic level to take advantage of the “opportunities” that arise if the end of the Ukraine War is “successful.”
Similarly, United States does not give date A future meeting between Trump and Putin and indicates that neither the call last week between them nor today’s meeting is enough to seal peace. But he believes that it is “an important step forward.”
A meeting without Europe or Ukraine
Ukraine has not been present at this meeting, who has warned that he will not recognize what was treated there, and neither any European representation, which evidenced at the Summit of Paris the Division between community partners. For its part, Putin has said to be willing to talk to Zelenski de Pazeven if it does not recognize it as president.
American negotiators argue that Trump is the only president who can achieve peace and the president presses to achieve a quick agreement seeking his first international success. In addition, before leaving for Riad, Lavrov expressed that “I didn’t understand”What were the Europeans In negotiations “
In parallel to this negotiation behind Ukraine and Europe, today in Brussels the president of the commission, Úrsula von der Leyen, has met with the special envoy of the US for Ukraine and for Russia, Keith Kellogg, a retired general to which Von der Leyen has asked for collaboration for fair peace with security guarantees.
Possible future participation of the EU
Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has affirmed from Saudi Arabia that The European Union (EU) must participate “at some point” in negotiations Regarding Ukraine for having imposed sanctions on Russia during the course of the war.
“The sanctions are all the result of this conflict. There are sanctions that were imposed as a result of this war. Therefore, I would tell them that to put an end to any conflict, all parties must make concessions,” he said.
Rubio also pointed out that “the European Union will have to be at the table at some point because they also have sanctions that have been imposed.” Along these lines, the Secretary of State insisted that “the objective here is to put end to this conflict in a way that is fair, lasting, sustainable and acceptable For all parties involved. “
Putin, willing to negotiate with Zelenski
In this context, the Kremlin announced this morning that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is willing to Enter negotiations with your Ukraine counterpart, Volodimir Zelenskialthough he calls his “legitimacy” for having expired the mandate for which he was initially chosen.
Moscow has always questioned Zelenski’s right to continue in power, an argument with which he has subtracted credibility to the hypothesis of a face to face with Putin. However, according to a Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, “if necessary” that negotiation would be given.
For now there is no tangible approach between kyiv and Moscow, despite the fact that the Donald Trump administration has set bridges with the Russian authorities and this Wednesday a symbolic meeting has been organized between the Foreign Ministers in Saudi Arabia.
On the possibility of an encounter between Putin and Trump, Peskov has insisted that there is no calendar on the table and has called to wait until the “results” of Riyadh negotiations are, reports the Interfax news agency.
Trump is a “great problem solving”
Who has also spoken about this meeting is the Head of the Sovereign Fund of Russia, Kirill Dimitriev, who has described Trump and his team as “problem solving because they have addressed a series of great challenges very quickly, very efficient and With great success“. Dimitriev was in charge of establishing contact between the United States and Russia during Trump’s first mandate.
On the other hand, Keith Kellog sent from Trump to Ukraine will visit the country from Wednesday and when asked if the United States would provide A security guarantee He replied: “Politics has always been: no option of the table is removed.”
