“The hereditary Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad Ibn Salman wanted to be in the talks between Russia and the United States, which were held in Riyadh, the Ukrainian side was present, but Americans and Russians were against it.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Bloomberg with reference to a knowledgeable interlocutor, reports “European Truth”
Details: It is known that on February 18 in Saudi Arabia a meeting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the assistant of the ruler of Russia Yuri Ushakov with a delegation of the United States, represented by the State Secretary Marco Rubio, National Security Mike Voltz and Special Establishment on the Middle East, was represented by the Secretary of Security.
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According to the agency’s interlocutor, Muhammad Ibn Salman wanted Zelensky to be in negotiations, but both Americans and Russians insisted on what they wanted to meet without Ukrainians.
He noted that the ruler of Saudi Arabia plans to inform the Ukrainian President about the role of the kingdom in the convening of negotiations, as well as about his discussions with Russian and American officials.
After the negotiations of the Russians and Americans ended on February 18 in Riyadh, Zelensky announced that he had transferred his visit to Saudi Arabia.
“We were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia. It was a surprise for us. I do not want to coincide and so I will not go to Saudi Arabia,” he said, and added that the visit will take place on March 10.
After the negotiations of the Russian Federation and the USA, the State Department of the United States reported that delegations of the US and Russia agreed to “eliminate stimuli” of bilateral relations and continue work on preparing negotiations on the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
In particular, they agreed to appoint a high -level group to negotiate Ukraine.
The presenter and correspondent Fox News in the White House Jackie Heinrich said the US and Russia are discussing a three -stage peace plan for Ukraine, which includes ceasefire, holding elections in Ukraine and eventually signing the final agreement.