The first steps towards the End of war in Ukraine They have taken place this Tuesday in Riad, Saudi Arabia. Even for pure interest of two powers such as the United States and Russia, the countries that have initiated their first contact. According to the conclusions of the United States after 4.5 hours of meeting, the two countries They have agreed to address the “irritating factors” of the relationship between the United States and Russia and start working in a “way to put” end to the War of Russia in Ukraine, as reported by the Reuters agency, present in the Saudi capital.
But there are still “many differences”, and this effort is in its early stages, says Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Sovereign Fund of Russia’s wealth. In addition to Dimitriev, for this Putin negotiating table he has sent his experienced Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovin what has been the first meeting in three years with the United States, and with Saudi Arabia as host.
And that has been noticed before starting. Serious, tense face, in the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubiochosen by Trump to lead conversations about a possible peace in Ukraine that, for now he does not have Ukraine. Next to him, Steve Witkoffspecial envoy in the Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor.
Nothing to do with the relaxed expression of Serguéi Lavrov and the Kremlin foreign policy advisor, Yuri Ushakovin charge of the Russian delegation. Four and a half hours of meeting with a brief 15 -minute break in which Russia says, they have “agreed to take into account the interests of each one.” At the moment a date for the Putin-Trump meeting does not come out of here, which “will hardly” be next week, according to Ushakov. But there is an intention to occur: “We will work in order to create the conditions for that meeting,” he said.
The conclusions after the meeting have been more focused on the approaches, on the US side, while Russia has emphasized the differences.
The two parties also designated High level teams to work in the end of the Ukraine conflict ” Before possible in a way that is lastingsustainable and acceptable to all parties, “he said.” It was a serious conversation about the issues we wanted to raise, “said Yuri Ushakov, at the end of the meeting.
For the US, this meeting is an “important step in an incipient process”, because “a phone call followed by a meeting is not enough to establish a lasting peace,” said Tammy Bruce, spokesman for the United States Department of State.
Putin opens to negotiate “if necessary”
Already before the meeting, the Kremlin opened the door to include Zelenski in negotiationsalthough without recognizing its legitimacy for having expired the mandate for which it was initially chosen, Kremlin said Tuesday.
From Russia’s exterior they raise the bet: it is not enough that Ukraine does not enter NATO … they have to close the door that opened him in 2008 in Bucharest, and therefore require NATO to leave that promise to enter the alliance that He never became realized.
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.
The Russian and American presidents did have had a Telephone conversation which has resulted in an acceleration of contacts and movements in Europe, which aspires to have voice in this procedure.
Marco Rubio (and China) ask to include Europe in conversations
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that “the end of the conflict in Ukraine must be acceptable for all involvedincluding Ukraine, Europe and Russia “, and that the EU must be involved at some point and that no one is left out.
Rubio has commented on this to the sanctions adopted against Russia: “The EU has to be at the table at some point”, because “sanctions have been adopted on the occasion of this conflict”, which is why there will have to be “concessions by Everywhere “.
He is not the only one who has positioned himself in that line this day. In the middle of all this context, the Government of China, which has supported any initiative that allows moving towards peace in Ukraine, including contacts between the United States and Russia, but hopes that both Beijing and other interested actors, also European, can also participate in the future in a possible peace process.
Beijing, which has maintained its political and economic ties with Moscow despite the invasion launched on Ukrainian territory in February 2022, considers that in the table of these hypothetical negotiations Europe must also sit down. The Chinese ambassador to the UN, Fu Cong, considers it in fact “imperative”, as he raised on Monday at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Source: Lasexta
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