09:11 – For Washington, exchanges with Russia are not yet “negotiations”
The spokesperson for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov said that this Tuesday meeting “will also be devoted to the preparation of possible negotiations on the regulations [du conflit] Ukrainian and the organization of a meeting “between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. But the spokesperson for the American State Department, Tammy Bruce, tempered by warning that this exchange should not be seen as” something which will be detailed, nor as an advance towards a kind of negotiation “. According to her, it is more a question of ensuring the” serious “of Russia in its desire to reconnect.
09:04 – Discussions between the United States and Russia began
The Russian and American delegations sent to Riyadh found themselves at the Diiyah Palace to start discussions on relations between the two countries and the preparation of a possible peace agreement in Ukraine, according to journalists on the spot and information from the world. The meeting is unprecedented since it is the first organized in this format since the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.