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Ukraine: the talks in Saudi Arabia between Ukrainian officers and the USA started

The initiates are the talks between Ukrainian and US officers in Gedda, Saudi Arabia, the place Ukraine ought to current the United States a plan for a ceased to partial with Russia. The journalists entered briefly within the interview room to see the 2 elements initially of the assembly, which is held in a luxurious resort in Gedda, a port metropolis on the Red Sea. The American secretary of state Marco Rubio smiled on the digital camera, whereas Ukrainian officers sat with out an expression in entrance of them. The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia is current on the interviews.

On the background I stood the flags of the USA, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. The officers didn’t reply any of the questions that have been formulated aloud by journalists. The talks replicate a brand new diplomatic thrust after the unprecedented dispute between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky broke out throughout the go to of the Ukrainian President to the White House of February 28. They come a number of hours after the Russian aerial defenses, based on the Moscow authorities, knocked down 337 Ukrainian drones on 10 Russian areas within the night time, killing 2 individuals and injuring 18.

On Monday, Ukrainian officers have declared to Associated Press that can suggest a ceased the fireplace that covers the Black Sea, which might make maritime transport safer, in addition to lengthy -range missilistic assaults which have affected civilians in Ukraine and the discharge of prisoners. The Kremlin didn’t publicly provide any concession. Russia stated she was able to stop hostilities provided that Ukraine abandon its request for adhesion to NATO and acknowledge the areas occupied by Moscow as Russian.

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Flags of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine aligned on the Globe Roundabout of King Abdulaziz Road, within the port metropolis of Gedda, on the Saudi Red Sea, in view of the go to of the Ukrainian President on 10 March 2025. The Ukrainian President Volodymy Zlensky will arrive in Saudi Arabia on March 10, a day earlier than the essential interviews between Ukrainian officers and US to finish the warfare with Russia. (Photo of Amer Hilabi / AFP)