US trump officials meet Russian top representatives for Ukraine talks
US trump officials meet Russian top representatives for Ukraine talks
The leadership of the Trump administration is planning talks with high-ranking Russian officials to end the war in Ukraine. Several sources report this.
planned meeting in Saudi Arabia
The national security advisor Mike Waltz, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Middle East mediator Steve Witkoff, according to information from Insiders, are made to a meeting with high-ranking Russian officials to Saudi Arabia. Two sources that are familiar with the plans announced CNN that the meeting should take place in the coming days.
participants and goals of the talks
Although the sources have no details on the Russian official awards present, CNN already reported that the Kremlin compiled a high -ranking negotiation team that has direct discussions with the United States. This team includes leading political, economic and secret service personalities as well as Kirill Dmitriev, who played a key role in a recent agreement on the release of American prisoners.
statements during the Munich security conference
The chairman of the Federal Foreign Committee of the House of Representatives, Mike McCaul, confirmed the plans during an interview with Politico at the Munich Security Conference and said: "Rubio, Waltz and Witkoff will be sent to Saudi Arabia to talk to the Ukrainians and Russians about Ukraine."
Rubios visit to Israel and talks with Lavrov
The US State Department had previously announced that Rubio will travel to Saudi Arabia in the coming days, as part of a larger trip to Munich and in the Middle East. Rubio, who landed in Israel on Saturday, had a conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the same day, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry.
confirmations and potential cooperation
"The minister has confirmed President Trump's commitment to find an end point for the conflict in Ukraine," said the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, Tammy Bruce. In addition, it was discussed to what extent one could possibly work together on other bilateral topics.
European participation in negotiations
In the meantime, the Russia Ukraine broker of the Trump administration, Keith Kellogg, commented on Saturday and made it clear that the Europeans would not sit at the negotiating table to find a solution to the war in Ukraine. "The answer is no," said Kellogg at an event on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.dual negotiation approaches
Kellogg outlined the efforts to make a peace treaty as a "dual trace" and explained: "There is the Russian trace. At the same time we are following the Ukrainian trace." He added: "We do this for the speed."
Potential meetings between Trump and Putin
President Donald Trump indicated this week that he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia in the near future, but emphasized that no formal decision has been made yet. "We think that we will probably have the first meeting in Saudi Arabia," said Trump about a possible meeting with Putin.
role of the Saudi crown prince
Trump indicated that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman will play a role in the talks. Witkoff also emphasized that the Saudi Crown Prince "was released" in the release of the wrongly imprisoned American Marc Fogel at the beginning of this week.
Alex Marquardt and Sebastian Shucla from CNN in Munich carried.