US President Donald Trump has announced a second round of peace talks on Ukraine with Russian diplomats, which will take place next week.
Points of attention
- Donald Trump announced the second round of peace talks on Ukraine between the US and Russian delegations.
- The talks will take place in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, on February 25.
- In connection with the previous meeting, the parties agreed to restore embassy staffing and create a high-level group to support peace negotiations on Ukraine.
Trump announced a new meeting of US and Russian diplomats on Ukraine
Trump announced a new phase of talks on a ceasefire in Ukraine between the US and Russian delegations in a statement published by the public network C-Span.
According to Trump, the talks will take place in the Saudi capital Riyadh on February 25, a week after the first round, which took place in the same city last Tuesday.
The publication also recalls that after the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the parties generally agreed to achieve three goals:
restore the staffing of its embassies in Washington and Moscow;
create a high-level group to support peace talks on Ukraine;
to explore opportunities for closer relations and economic cooperation.
At the same time, he emphasized that the talks, in which his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and other high-ranking Russian officials participated, marked the beginning of a dialogue and that much work still lies ahead.
Euronews also notes that the first round of talks in Riyadh prompted European allies to rally around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is concerned about Trump's alleged turn toward Moscow and fears that the talks will take place without Ukraine's direct participation and in favor of Russia.
