Mr. Zelensky: Ukraine will be constructed with the United States in Saudi Arabia

“Ukraine has searched for peace right from the first seconds of the conflict. The practical proposals were given. The key point was to act quickly and effectively,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social network X on March 8.

President Zelensky said he would visit Saudi Arab next week, adding that after he met Crown Prince Saudi Mohammed bin Salman on February 10, Ukraine’s military and diplomatic representatives would stay to meet the American delegation later one day.

“We are fully committed to constructive dialogue, and hope to discuss and agree on the decisions as well as the necessary steps,” the Ukrainian leader said.

Zelensky said the delegation of the country included Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Andriy Yermak, Chief of Office of Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of US President Donald Trump, said that he was discussing with Kiev about the agreement framework to end the conflict in Ukraine, adding that a meeting was planned in Saudi Arabia.

Riyadh of Saudi Arabia in February was chosen as a venue for a high -ranking Russian -US meeting, of which the two sides discussed measures to end the war in Ukraine. Zelensky’s administration was not invited to participate in the negotiations, which raised concerns in Kiev and European allies of Ukraine.

The meeting between US and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia will take place in the context of recent two countries’ relations worse. President Trump and Deputy Deputy JD Vance on February 28 published with President Zelensky at the White House, accusing Mr. Zelensky “not grateful” although Washington had aid to Kiev billions of dollars.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration announced that the military aid suspension and sharing intelligence with Ukraine until Mr. Zelensky expressed his commitment to peace clearly.

However, there are still positive signs. When speaking to the National Assembly on March 5, President Trump said that he had received a letter of “reconciliation” from his peers Zelensky, which expressed his readiness to negotiate with Russia and signed a mineral agreement with the United States. “I appreciate the fact that he sent this letter,” Mr. Trump then said.