The United States and Ukraine are negotiating on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine’s main goal is now to warm up the gaps to its strongest supporter.
Ukraine is facing a US fire test when representatives of countries meet to negotiate Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
Ukraine and the United States are expected to discuss the mineral agreement between countries and the road towards the end of the Russian offensive war.
However, Ukraine’s most important goal in negotiations is the normalization of relationships with the United States, a leading researcher at the Institute of International Affairs A blue flower island says.
This is the first official meeting of Ukraine and US representatives after the Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyin and Donald Trump The meeting in the white house became a dialect.
After the meeting, Trump accused Ukraine of the reluctance and frozen both military assistance and intelligence to Ukraine.
– At the moment, it would be really important for Ukraine to give up the United States to not share intelligence with Ukraine and stop military support, says Saari.
However, in his line speech last week, Trump spoke more sympathetic to Zelensky after Zelenskyi had sent him a mediating letter.
This is how Trump commented on the negotiations starting in Saudi Arabia on Sunday:
Ukraine in a weak negotiating position
Zelensky is scheduled to meet Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Muhammad bin salman Still today Monday.
Official negotiations will begin on Tuesday. They are led by Ukraine Foreign Minister Andri SybihaPresident’s advisor Andri Jermak and the Minister of Defense Rustem urmov as well as from the United States Foreign Minister Marco Rubiosecurity adviser Mike Waltz and the Middle East Ambassador Steve Witkoff.
Zelenskyi does not participate in these negotiations.
It is to be expected that Ukraine and the United States will sign a mineral contract already on the white house on the white house. The United States has suggested that Ukraine has to sign an agreement if it wants to move forward in negotiations with the United States.
According to Sinikukka Saari, Ukraine has had to change its negotiation strategy.
– Before the white house disaster, Ukraine sought to talk about security guarantees with the United States. The mineral agreement was a means of confirming this in the Zelensky strategy.
Now, with the help of a mineral agreement, Ukraine is mainly able to reach the setting where the countries were two weeks ago.
– The Ukraine negotiating position has clearly slipped much weaker.
Trump uses Putin’s playbook
Under the leadership of Trump, the United States has been pushing for the launch of peace talks in practice in Russia on affordable conditions.
The United States received criticism from its allies when it also negotiated directly with Russia at the Foreign Minister’s meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia on 18 February. Ukraine had not been invited to this meeting.
It has been communicated from the United States that Ukraine must now prove that it wants peace, Saari says.
– This seems to mean, in the eyes of the United States, that Ukraine must be ready to make concessions to Russia, for example in the form of regional donations.
Saari points out that Trump’s close circle has demanded presidential elections in Ukraine. Last week Trump your hintthat Zelensky will not stay in power for a long time if Ukraine did not compromise on its own negotiations.
According to the island, Trump’s approach to Ukraine is similar to the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
– Here are elements of blackmail. In other words, as if there could be really tackling and trying to influence the outside of Ukraine.
Thus, Ukraine representatives have to proceed in Tuesday’s negotiations in the middle of the mouth.
– Even if Ukraine is extremely cautious and polite and negotiations are going well, the United States can still change its mind many times. Even if the United States continues to send military assistance to Ukraine, it can also interrupt the support at any time, Saari says.
Sources: Reuters, AP