““Technical level”. In the next meeting in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian military and energy will participate – Zelensky March 19, 13:16 Share: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with Finland President Alexander Stubb at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, March 1925 Saukkomaa Via Reuters) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that in the next meeting in Saudi Arabia, which will be held at the technical level”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint press conference with President of Finland Alexander Stubb at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, March 19, 2025 (photo: Lehtikuva/Heikki Saukkomaa Via Reuters)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that in the next meeting in Saudi Arabia, which will be held at the technical level, military and energy will participate.
The Head of State said this during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on Wednesday, March 17.
Zelensky noted that the future meeting in Saudi Arabia may be dedicated to the cessation of fire on energy infrastructure, as well as the safety of navigation.
“For our part, there will be military, energy and people who are very deeply disassembled in port infrastructure and in another civilian infrastructure, that is, this is a technical level,” the President of Ukraine said.
According to him, it will “Not quite a diplomatic meeting, which was already. At the same time, he did not exclude further meetings in this format.
“For our part, if we go to this, and God forbid that we will come to one step or another, on our part there will be such a team: it is ready, it works daily, because we have no questions with such a team,” Zelensky stressed.
Negotiations of Ukraine and the US in Saudi Arabia is the main thing
On March 11, a meeting of representatives of Ukraine and the United States took place in Jedd. On the Ukrainian side, the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga and the Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov took part in the negotiations. On the US side – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Presidential Advisor Michael Voltz.
The United States offered Ukraine a 30-day ceasefire. Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine is ready for a temporary truce if the Russian Federation agrees.
Yermak said that next week will discuss the ceasefire in Ukraine at the technical level.
The President’s office also reported that the results of the delegations of Ukraine and the US in Jedda will immediately abolish the pause in exchange of intelligence and restore security assistance to Ukraine. In addition, Ukraine and the USA have agreed “To conclude a comprehensive agreement on the development of critical mineral resources as soon as possible.
On March 15, the President of Ukraine ordered a delegation to cooperate with international partners in order to organize a negotiation process to achieve a just peace. He headed the delegation of Ermak. It also includes: Sibiga, Umerov and Deputy Head of Presidential Office Pavel Palis.