The United States and Russia continue with their plan to negotiate peace in Ukraine without counting on Ukraine or Europe. The maximum outdoor responsible for Washington and Moscow They will be seen on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia To start those conversations, a meeting of the highest level, in which Russian Foreign Minister will be present, Serguéi Lavrovand the Secretary of State, Marco Rubiowhich is raised as a prelude to an eventual face to face between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
To the table, however, Kyiv will not sit and European powers, Although they have claimed their holeThey are not invited either. The Lavrov team is completed by Yuri Ushakov, a Russian former ambassador in the US, and the head of the Putin spies, Serguéi Naryshkin. Next to Rubio will be Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor of the White House, and the special envoy of the US for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, who has already treated Gaza’s future with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Ukraine, absent
It was Monday when the Kremlin announced the Meeting between its Foreign Minister and the Secretary of State North American in Riad, an encounter in which both parties plan to address the normalization of bilateral relations, the preparations for a summit between the presidents of both countries and future peace negotiations about Ukraine.
But Volodimir Zelenskiwhich is precisely visiting the region and plans to travel on Wednesday to Saudi Arabia, He was not invited, or warned even This was indicated by the Ukrainian President on Monday from the United Arab Emirates, where he already warned that Ukraine will not recognize any result of that bilateral meeting Between Moscow and Washington.
“Ukraine will not accept it. Ukraine knew any of this. And Ukraine considers null the results of any negotiation on Ukraine without Ukraine. We cannot recognize any agreement on us, “said the Ukrainian president to questions from the Ukrainform public agency, cited in turn by EFE.
NINGENO TO EUROPE
The other great absent at that negotiating table in Saudi Arabia is Europe. The Trump administration already made clear last weekend at the Munich Security Conference that does not have No intention to have Europeans In peace negotiations, a displacement before which the leaders of the old continent reacted with a Attempt to exhibit muscle and unity This Monday in Paris.
An informal summit, convened by Emmanuel Macron, attended by the leaders of the NATOof the European Commission and the great powers of the continent, such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, Spain and Denmark, but that resulted No specific agreementsbeyond the consensus on the need for lasting peace in Ukraine and to involve Kyiv in negotiations, as well as increasing defense spending. How is it not so clear.
Source: Lasexta
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