State Secretary Marco Rubio says the U.S. seeks to know Ukraine’s stance on resolving the struggle, together with potential concessions it could be prepared to make.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have each arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, forward of high-stakes talks between their delegations to finish the Russia-Ukraine struggle.
The Ukrainian chief stated they’d a “detailed dialogue” in regards to the steps and situations wanted to resolve the struggle and obtain lasting peace. He stated Saudi Arabia performs an important function in facilitating diplomacy.
“I particularly emphasised the problem of the discharge of prisoners and the return of our kids, which might change into a key step in constructing belief in diplomatic efforts,” Zelenskyy acknowledged. “A big a part of the dialogue was devoted to the codecs of safety ensures.”
Zelenskyy stated the Ukrainian delegation will stay in Jeddah for talks with U.S. officers scheduled for Tuesday, reiterating Ukraine’s dedication to constructive dialogue with the USA.
Individually, Rubio and Nationwide Safety Advisor Mike Waltz additionally met with the Saudi Arabian crown prince and thanked him for internet hosting the upcoming talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine struggle.
“What we need to know is, are they all in favour of getting into some type of peace dialog and type of basic outlines of the sorts of issues they might take into account, recognizing that it’s been a pricey and bloody struggle for the Ukrainians,” Rubio stated aboard a navy aircraft to Jeddah.
“They’ve suffered vastly and their individuals have suffered vastly, and it’s laborious within the aftermath of one thing like that to even speak about concessions. However that’s the one manner that is going to finish to forestall extra struggling,” he acknowledged.
Rubio stated the 2 sides might want to attain an understanding earlier than they will transfer towards a peace deal.
“I’m not going to set any situations on what they must or must do. I believe we need to hearken to see how far they’re prepared to go and evaluate that to what the Russians need after which see how far aside we really are,” he stated.
Intelligence, together with info from U.S. navy satellites, had helped Ukraine to trace Russian troop actions and choose targets. Ratcliffe stated the pause “on the navy entrance and the intelligence entrance” was short-term.
Chris Summers contributed to this report.