11:37 – Ukrainian and American delegations came back
A new meeting took place this Tuesday, March 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between the Ukrainian and American delegations concerning a truce between kyiv and Moscow. The interview is now completed according to a source from the Ukrainian delegation to AFP: “The consultations are over, all the details will be announced later. The meeting, which has not been the subject of any official announcement of kyiv or Washington, was held the day after the meeting between the United States and Moscow. Meeting whose conclusions were not made public.
11:09 – Russia dismisses any communication on yesterday’s negotiations
There will ultimately not be a common press release to Russia and the United States on yesterday’s negotiations. “The results of the discussions that took place have been reported in the capitals. They are being analyzed,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov during his daily briefing. He assured that the “content” of exchanges “will certainly not be made public”. A sign that no progress has been obtained? The spokesperson for the Russian presidency added that “contacts [avec les Etats-Unis] will continue, but there is still nothing specific “as for a new meeting between the Russian and American delegations.
10:07 – No truce announcement on the side of Russia
Neither Russia and the United States communicated on the negotiations last night. The conclusions must be made public this Tuesday in a joint statement, but one of the Russian negotiators, Grigori Karassine, told the Russian agency Tass that dialogue with Washington had been “intense, not easy, but useful”. The man, however, made no announcement concerning very limited truce, even in Black Mer, while the subject was on the table yesterday. “Of course, we are far from having settled everything, to agree on all points, but it seems to me that such a conversation is very timely,” added the negotiator.