“Rutte added that in the case of a peace agreement, you need to make sure that it will be “prolonged””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I look with cautious optimism at today’s meeting in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But, of course, this process can develop differently. It is very difficult to predict, including what security guarantees will look like if they will be needed in the case of a peace agreement. And here, I think, President Trump is right that sometimes we are already discussing what a peace agreement can look, and then – what security guarantees can look, ”he said.
Rutte added that in the case of a peace agreement, you need to make sure that it will be long. ”
“Of course, if there is a ceasefire/peaceful agreement, we must make sure that it will be long, strong that we will never have Minsk again. Like Pete Hegset, the new US Secretary of Defense said Minsk-3 would not be. But in addition, it is speculation. And I do not want NATO or I myself get into all these “what if”. Therefore, step one is to start a dialogue. President Trump has succeeded in this, and now we have to move on, ”NATO Secretary General replied.
On March 11, Saudi Arabia was held in Saudi and the United States in Saudi Arabia. Presidential head Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Deputy Head of OP Pavlo Palis took part on the Ukrainian side. From the United States: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Michael Voltz and Special Representative of the US President for the Middle East Stephen Witcoff.
During the negotiations, Ukraine agreed with the proposal of the US side to introduce a ceasefire regime in the war with Russia for 30 days. The delegations also discussed the importance of humanitarian efforts as part of the peace process, in particular during the ceasefire regime, including the exchange of prisoners of war, the dismissal of retained civilians and the return of forced Ukrainian children.
On March 3, the Kremlin stated that Russia continues its dialogue with Washington and at the same time “continues a special military operation (so the Russian Federation calls the war against Ukraine) to achieve all those goals that have been set from the very beginning.” Earlier, Russia called the “demilitarization and denacification of Ukraine” the purpose of “special operations”.