сделай анализ текста US and Ukraine to meet on Russia: What’s on the agenda for Saudi talks?
The talks will be the first high-level meeting between the two countries since Trump and Zelenskyy’s White
House meeting.
By Sarah Shamim
Published On 10 Mar 2025: Al Jazeera
Officials from Ukraine and the United States are set to meet in Saudi Arabia this week to negotiate an end
to the war with Russia.
This will mark the first high-level meeting between the two countries since February 28, when a White
House meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump – who
was joined by Vice President JD Vance – descended into a public bust-up, playing out in front of television
cameras.
What meetings are planned between the US and Ukraine?
Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman on
Monday, he wrote in an X post on Saturday.
In his post, he added that Ukrainian diplomatic and military leaders will stay in Saudi Arabia for a meeting
on Tuesday with US representatives.
Ukraine’s team for the Tuesday meeting is expected to include Andriy Yermak, head of Zelenskyy’s office;
Andrii Sybiha, the minister of foreign affairs; Rustem Umerov, the minister of defence; and Pavlo Palisa, a
colonel in Zelenskyy’s office.
From the US side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the Tuesday meeting. He has already flown
to Saudi Arabia, where he too will meet with the Crown Prince. Rubio is expected to be joined by Trump’s
Middle East Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz for the Ukraine
meeting on Tuesday.
Witkoff has already been involved in trying to broker deals with Russia and Ukraine. Last month, he
represented the US during peace negotiations with Russian officials, and also visited Russia, securing the
release of imprisoned American Marc Fogel, in exchange for the US releasing Russian Alexander Vinnik.
Witkoff was the first high-level US official to travel to the country since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Trump and Zelenskyy: What has happened so far
The talks in Saudi Arabia come less than two weeks after Trump and Vance accused Zelenskyy of being a
warmonger looking to avoid a ceasefire with Russia, and of being ungrateful to the US and Trump for
supplying military and other assistance to Ukraine.
Those accusations, and Zelenskyy’s attempts to question the merits of unconditional diplomacy with
Russian President Vladimir Putin, came amid a broader Trump-led shift in the US approach to the Russia-
Ukraine war.
Last month, representatives from Washington and Moscow had talks in Saudi capital Riyadh, with Ukraine
and European countries absent. After this, Trump and Zelenskyy traded barbs, making jibes against each
other in speeches and on social media.
And soon after Zelenskyy’s acrimonious meeting in the Oval Office, the US suspended
military and intelligence support to Ukraine.
Where will the US-Ukraine talks take place?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Saudi Arabia said in a statement on Friday that the meetings will take
place in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea. Jeddah has previously been a venue for diplomatic engagements.
What will be discussed in the Saudi talks?
On March 4, Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X that Ukraine was ready for peace negotiations. He also
summarised terms for a peace plan in this post, writing: “The first stages could be the release of prisoners
and truce in the sky – ban on missiles, long-ranged drones, bombs on energy and other civilian infrastructure
– and truce in the sea immediately, if Russia will do the same.”
A temporary truce of the kind suggested by Zelenskyy “in terms of long-range missile and air attacks might
be part of a confidence-building exercise,” and will “probably [be] the centre of” the discussions in Jeddah,
Ash said. Ash added there might be general discussions to help the two parties better understand each
other’s position. For Ukraine, this could mean explaining the importance of the continuous flow of weapons
and intelligence.
On Sunday, Trump was asked if he has thought of ending the suspension on intelligence sharing. “We just
about have. We just about have,” he responded. He said he expects good results from the US-Ukraine talks
on Tuesday.
From the US perspective, Witkoff told reporters on Thursday that Washington was pushing for a
“framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire as well”.
On Thursday, Trump told reporters: “I think what’s going to happen is Ukraine wants to make a deal because
I don’t think they have a choice.” He added: “I also think that Russia wants to make a deal because in a
certain different way – a different way that only I know, only I know – they have no choice either.”
A deal on critical minerals, which will allow the US to invest in Ukraine’s mineral resources, including rare
earth minerals, might also be on the table on Tuesday. The two countries were expected to sign the deal
during Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House, but the agreement was not inked.
Zelenskyy has since said “Ukraine is ready to sign it [the minerals agreement] in any time and in any
convenient format. We see this agreement as a step toward greater security and solid security guarantees,
and I truly hope it will work effectively.” На основе этий знаний THE ANALYSIS OF AN ARTICLE
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