USA and Russia negotiate about the Ukraine War-Kyiv outside

USA and Russia negotiate about the Ukraine War-Kyiv outside

The United States and Russia will use high-ranking teams to negotiate the end of the war in Ukraine and work to restore diplomatic channels, according to US foreign minister Marco Rubio according to Important conversations in which Kiev was not involved.

Important conversations in Riyadh

rubio commented towards journalists after a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lawrow in riyadh, Saudi-arabien . He emphasized that “compromises” from “all sides” are necessary to end the conflict. The fact that the talks have taken place at all was already a great victory for Russia. It was the first time that high-ranking US and Russian officials have personally met since the beginning of the full invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and marked a complete change of policy compared to the bidue administration.

A first step in the end of the war

The US delegation, to which Rubio and the US special representative for the Middle East Steve Witkoff and the national security advisor Mike Waltz, indicated that this could be the first of several steps to end the war. Waltz was asked whether the United States would be ready to accept the annexation of parts of Ukraine by Russia since February 2022; He replied that it was a topic that “has to be discussed.”

"The practical reality is that there will be some discussions about territories and that security guarantees are discussed. These are fundamental points that will be based on any discussion," said Waltz.

reactions from Ukraine and Europe

Russia had previously called for the Ukraine to cede large parts of its territory and do without NATO membership-conditions that Kiev had previously rejected. Since the Ukraine was not represented at the talks in Riyadh, she was forced to watch from a distance, while the United States and Russia seemed to make its positions clear. The announcement that Washington and Moscow would accept personal conversations shortly after US President Donald Trump had made a 90-minute phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, panic in Ukraine and among the western ally Kiev.

European leaders even held an emergency summit on Monday, in which they reaffirmed that no peace talks can take place without the participation of Ukraine and its European allies.

Ukraine remains steadfast

Waltz rejected the idea that Europe and Ukraine had been pushed to the edge, while Rubio emphasized that every agreement would include Ukraine. Although the US delegation indicated that Ukraine might have to give up territories, Rubio made it clear that for an end to the war, “everyone should agree.”

After the talks, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj said that Ukraine would not “give in to Russia's ultimate”. "Russia attacked Ukraine and we had no choice but to defend and defend our weapons. And there was no diplomacy, because Russia attacked that Ukraine attacked at night and the Ukrainians took the weapons and began to defend their country," said Selenskyj at a press conference in the Turkish capital Ankara.

an end to the isolation of Russia

Russia has been excluded from global diplomatic activities since the beginning of his extensive invasion in Ukraine in February 2022. The meeting in Riyadh - despite a comprehensive drone attack on Russia on Ukraine only hours before the start - seemed to mark the end of this isolation. Lawrow described the meeting as “very useful” and emphasized that “we not only listened, but also heard each other.”

The two sides have agreed to restore diplomatic communication. Rubio was even so far that “extraordinary possibilities” could be available for the USA and Russia when the war ended in Ukraine. He added that the United States could work together with Russia on geopolitical questions of common interest and even economically.

Witkoff described the meeting as “positive, optimistic and constructive” and expressed: “After this session we could not have imagined a better result, it was very, very solid”, but without announcing details about any information achieved.

Reporting by CNNS Jennifer Hansler, Anna Chernova, Svitlana Vlasova and Christian Edwards.