The current may be on the verge of recirculating between the United States and Ukraine. kyiv has announced to support an American ceasefire proposal for 30 days with Russia, Washington accepting on their side to lift restrictions on military aid and the exchange of information, indicates a joint declaration this evening on Tuesday, March 11 in the evening, after talks in Saudi Arabia between the two countries. At the end of the discussions in Jeddah, a city by the Red Sea, the two parties are also agreed to conclude “as soon as possible” an agreement on Ukrainian ores, according to the press release.
“Ukraine has declared himself ready to accept the American proposal to establish an immediate and provisional cease-fire of 30 days, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties and which is subject to acceptance and simultaneous implementation by the Russian Federation”, details the joint declaration.
This meeting, led in the absence of Russia, was held a few hours after the most important drone attack led by kyiv against Moscow since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “The United States will make Russia know that Russian reciprocity is the key to peace,” added the statement, the head of American diplomacy Marco Rubio stating Russia to accept this truce of the fighting. Asked earlier about negotiations in Saudi Arabia, the Kremlin had estimated that it was up to Ukraine to show that it was ready to make peace. “What we are waiting for does not matter,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov.
“Positive” discussions, according to Washington
During the day, American and Ukrainian negotiators had testified to the progress of negotiations. The White House said during the day that the discussions were “productive”. “I can assure you, everyone here and the American people, that the information received from this meeting through the day – and the president was kept informed – is positive,” added the spokesperson for the American presidency, when Donald Trump puts pressure on kyiv to reach an agreement with Russia and end the war. The question is now to know “how” and not “if” the war in Ukraine must finish, an adviser from Donald Trump said.
“We are ready to do everything to reach peace,” said the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriï Iermak, to journalists when entering the negotiation room in Jeddah, adding that the meeting had started “in a very constructive manner”. The Ukrainian negotiators had arrived in Saudi Arabia with a proposal for “truce in the air” and “at sea” with Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said on Monday on condition of anonymity.
“Convince” Russia Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the United States must now “convince” Russia to accept the 30-day cease-fire proposed during these Ukraino-American talks, saying that Ukraine sees this truce proposal “positive”.
“Ukraine accepts this proposal. […] We are ready to take such a measure, “he added. After this meeting in Jeddah between Ukrainian and American representatives, the United States” understand our arguments, perceive our proposals “, continued the Ukrainian president, who thanked Donald Trump for the” constructive conversation “between the teams of the two countries.” Ukraine is ready for peace. Russia must show if it is ready to end the war or continue it, “said Volodymyr Zelensky.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Andriï Iermak, who participated in the negotiations in Jeddah, also mentioned a “constructive” meeting. “A fair peace is the key to us. We want lasting peace,” he said on Telegram