Senior officials from the United States and Ukraine are scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia next Wednesday to discuss efforts to end the ongoing war with Russia. This meeting marks the first significant dialogue between the two nations following a public dispute between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office last week.
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The scheduling of the meeting was finalized during a phone call between White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Zelensky’s Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak. President Zelensky mentioned in Brussels that both nations have resumed talks and anticipates a productive meeting.
Ukrainian officials remain open to signing the U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal that was put on hold last week.
The Hill reports:
The meeting signals a thawing of relations between the U.S. and Ukraine that ruptured abruptly following an explosive Oval Office confrontation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We are now in discussion to coordinate a meeting with the Ukrainians in Riyadh or even potentially Jeddah,” Witkoff told reporters outside the White House.
“So the city is moving around a little bit, but it will be Saudi Arabia. And I think the idea is to get down a framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire as well.”
The meeting comes on the heels of a previous similar U.S.-Russia meeting in Riyadh.
Zelensky has sought to repair relations with Trump following the Oval Office debacle, the fallout including Trump halting military assistance to Ukraine and cutting off intelligence sharing with the Ukrainians, harming Kyiv’s ability to hit high-value Russian targets.
The international community will be closely monitoring these discussions, hoping they lead to a sustainable resolution to the conflict.
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Nonsense, Ukraine has the full force of the European nations in his back pocket, not to mention their vast wealth! And if they need more money to keep Zelenski happy they can just steal more money from their citizen’s…. right?
As I see it… Ukraine owes the USA a couple hundred billion dollars in laundered money. Perhaps they can pay it back via minerals.
It’s good that Ukraine and the U.S. are returning to the table to discuss ending the war. Last weeks oval office bust up was unfortunate.
I say get out of Ukrainian get as much of the money the vile obama biden did let Europe defend them and definitely No Boots On Th3 Ground for these foreign countries they need to stand up we have spent to much money and way to many lives and most hate us so get out stay out of their problems, we want our men fighting for America and Our Constitution as Written, not for greed, power, that is not what Soldiers are for it is to Keep America Free, the American People Free Safe, prosperous, and Protecting Our Constitution as Written against all those try to, Distort, Twist, Change, Ignore, or Destroy, Deny Our Constitution as Written