Ukraine not to participate in US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia: Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Kyiv would not participate in the upcoming US-Russia negotiations set to take place in Saudi Arabia
- KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said
Monday that Kyiv would not participate in the upcoming US-Russia negotiations
set to take place in Saudi Arabia this week, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency
reported.
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- "Ukraine will not take part. Ukraine knew nothing about
this," Zelensky was quoted as saying, emphasising that Kyiv will not
accept the results of the negotiations that do not involve Ukraine.
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- "We cannot recognise anything or any agreements about
us without us. And we will not recognise such agreements," he emphasised.
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- Zelensky added that his official visit to Saudi Arabia on
Tuesday "has no connection with the things that are happening in Saudi
Arabia at the level of representatives of the United States and Russia,"
Xinhua news agency reported.
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- The US and Russian delegations are set to meet on Tuesday to
discuss a possible solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to local
media reports.
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- Russian and US envoys will prepare possible talks on
Ukrainian settlement and organise a meeting of their Presidents during the
Tuesday meeting, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
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- Peskov said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Aide
to the President of Russia Yuri Ushakov on Monday were flying to Riyadh on
behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding that they will meet with US
representatives on Tuesday.
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- Lavrov and Ushakov will report to Putin on the results of
the talks there, he said.
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- The representatives from the US side will be Secretary of
State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Middle East Special
Envoy Steve Witkoff, NBC News reported.
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- Putin and US President Donald Trump held a telephone
conversation on February 12, during which the two leaders agreed to keep
personal contacts, including arranging a meeting in the future.
