The second round of mediation by the United States to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine already has a date. Next Monday, March 24 Delegations of the Government of the Russian Federation and kyiv They will meet again with an American in Saudi Arabia. And they will, as they did the first time, separately. On this occasion they arrive after both parties have accepted the Trump and Putin agreement on Tuesday in which the attacks on energy infrastructure for 30 days were agreed. A partial truce that has not yet been launchedsince, despite the approval, Ukraine has demanded that it be official with a firm to prevent Moscow from echoing back.
According to what Washington has agreed with Ukraine and Russia, the objective of this new round is to address the technical issues to achieve a Second phase that would result in a truce in the Black Sea and, ultimately, in a total truce. “We agree with (Mike) Waltz that bilateral consultations will be maintained by experts appointed by both presidents,” Yuri Ushakov, Kremlin International Advisor, has confirmed Thursday. On the Russian part, he added, the head of the Senate International Affairs Committee, Grigori Karasin, and the advisor of the Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB), Serguéi Beseda will participate. “These are experienced negotiators very knowledgeable about international problems,” he explained.
Both countries will attend the appointment with clear red lines about what they need to advance the negotiations. The Russian exterior spokeswoman, María Zajárova, has warned the United States that the Kremlin does not see with good eyes the resumption of sending weapons to Ukraine. “The kyiv regime weapons supplies They go against their declared intentions to achieve peace and take everything to the channel of the diplomatic arrangement, “he said.” Who wants peace, naturally, will advocate for the cessation of the militarization of the terrorist band. ”
Zajárova insisted that Putin was very clear about this in Tuesday’s telephone conversation with Trump, in which he stressed that a “key condition” to avoid an escalation of the conflict and work in pursuit of a political-diplomatic arrangement “It must be the total cessation of foreign military aid”. “It’s a matter of principle. We hope you listen to it in Washington,” he said. The truth is that the Russian government added this in its statement after the call, but a day later, the US president denied that his counterpart put that condition.
On the part of Ukraine, President Zelenski said Thursday during a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, that the Ukrainian delegation will present a list with the type of infrastructure that cannot be attackeds during the truce. This is one of the main pitfalls that has caused the fire not yet to be made. While Kremlin only speaks of attacks on energy infrastructure, both the White House and Ukraine speak of other civil facilities. In this sense, Zelenski has already warned that he plans to include Non -energy civil infrastructure In the Ukrainian list.
On foreign aid, kyiv has recognized that while Russia does not accept a total truce like that agreed by them with the US, they will continue to use and receive military aid. In fact, this Thursday its president has requested by videoconference with the European Council 5,000 million euros to finance the purchase of artillery ammunition. “It is necessary that Your support to Ukraine is not reduced and continue. In particular in the field of air defense, military assistance and our resilience in general. We need funds for artillery ammunition, and we would be very grateful for a European support of at least 5,000 million euros as soon as possible, “he said.
In addition, the Ukrainian leader has rejected that the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russia, becomes the property of the United States in the framework of peace negotiations. A proposal made by Trump while dropping that it was possible that in the future Ukraine agreement he cannot recover it. “We are open to debate if the United States wants to invest in modernizing the central, But not the property. We are not going to discuss that topic“said Zelenski, who stressed that all nuclear plants are” state property “and belong to the” town of Ukraine “, so their property cannot be discussed.
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