The United States, Russia meets in Saudi Arabia will go beyond Ukraine

Great American and Russian officials have been determined to meet for the biggest negotiations in Saudi Arabia for at least three years on Tuesday, because President Trump ends the war in Ukraine and is looking for hot ties with Kremlin Washington.

After arriving in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, Russian officials said they would be able to “normalize” with the United States, and even American oil companies can return to Russia. Ukraine and Europe watched Mr. Trump away from a distance from a distance from a distance from the fear that he could try to force a peace agreement agreement in Ukraine.

Mr. Trump’s President Vladimir V. Putin is coming a week before the phone call. Mr. Trump said that the two leaders are talking about “immediate negotiations” to the “immediate operation” of the United States and Russia, and the two leaders.

The State Secretary of the US delegation in Riyadh is headed by Marco Rubio; National Security Consultant Michael Waltz; And Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s Middle Eastern Ambassador and a long-term president’s friend. On Tuesday, Russian officials are expected to meet with Russian officials that Foreign Minister Sergei V. Lavrov; Yuri Ushakov, Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser; And Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund.

After Mr Uşakov landed in Riyadh, the purpose of the talks to journalists said “To start a real normalization of relations between the United States and Washington.”

Mr. Witkoff, Mr. Dmitriv Broker for a American school teacher last week In Russia, he said he would try to restart economic cooperation for imprisoned, “communication, rebuilding, rebuilding, rebuilding, rebuilding.

“US oil qualification has done a very successful job in Russia.” “We believe that they will be back, because why did these opportunities gave them these opportunities to enter Russian natural resources?”

Leading Western oil companies, including Exxon MobileMr Putin left Russia after the full-scale occupation of Ukraine almost three years ago. According to Mr. Trump and Kremlin, Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump among the rich topics between the energy and economic relations.

Tuesday, the discussions were known for the first time since the beginning of 2022, the extensive delegations of American and Russian officials have met in person. Another step for Mr. Trump’s diplomatic isolation of Mr. Trump, former President Yusuf R. Biden Jr. Since the beginning of the occupation of the occupation – a step in the war that the Trump was needed to stop the management.

“If there is a chance to progress peace here, you need to talk to the Russians,” he said.

However, the news of the scheduled negotiations on Tuesday, in Europe and Ukraine, was greeted with confusion and concern. Although Mr. Rubio initially described the talks, there were widespread criticism of Mr. Trump’s approach in Europe to connect the US allies. Ukrainian officials insisted that they would reject any agreement on the countries of negotiating without their participation.

“On Monday, Monday said:” We recognize any contract in us, “he said.

Mr Zelensky also in the Gulf region this week, where several countries are trying to play a role in Moscow, Kiev and the West and the Ukrainian War. Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Zelensky, the exchange of prisoners in the United Arab Emirates and the return of Ukrainian children from Russia was discussed.

Ukrainian officials will also be in Saudi Arabia this week, but also said that Ukraine is not invited to the US-Russian talks. Mr. Ushakov, a Kremlin’s foreign policy adviser, said that there are no plans for the Ukrainian three-way meeting.

“We came here to negotiate with American counterparts,” he said.

Andrew E. Kramer said Ukraine reported from Kiev.