The first round of negotiations between the delegations of the United States and Ukraine took place in Dzhidd (Saudi Arabia), during which the path to the world (with Russia) and bilateral relations of Ukraine and the United States were discussed, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.
From the Ukrainian side, the head of the presidential office Andrei Ermak, Foreign Minister Andrei Sibig, Minister of Defense Rustem Umarov, deputy head of the presidential office Pavel Palisa took part in the meeting.
From the American side – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Presidential Advisor Michael Waltz, special representative of the US President for the Middle East Stephen Vitcoff.
“The work continues,” Yermak wrote in a telegram channel.
On March 7, the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Georgy Tikhiy reported that Ukrainian-American consultations in Saudi Arabia will concern bilateral relations and paths to peace in Ukraine, the participation of Russians is not planned. “Agenda: Ukrainian-American bilateral relations, our strategic partnership, its further development. And, of course, in the center of the conversation-the path to the world. Ukraine is constructively tuned, ready and strives for the world like no other in the world. And we want to quickly restore the world,” Tikhiy said (quoted on the publication of the Interfax-Ukraine agency).