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US-RUSSIA: Kremlin Aide-US/Russia Talks End, No Trump-Putin Meeting Next Week

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Reuters carrying comments from Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov. He confirms that the bilateral talks in Riyadh between US and Russian delegations have concluded after four and a half hours. Says that the negotiations "went well", and that "It was a serious conversation on all issues". Goes on to say that a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is "unlikely to take place next week", although the conditions for such a meeting were discussed. The two sides also agreed on the identity of negotiators that would talk about possible peace talks in Ukraine. Ushakov says that any decision on when to begin formal talks on Ukraine would come from Putin. 

  • Today's talks come as White House special envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg is in Brussels as part of a two-day visit for meetings with EU and NATO officials. Kellogg said on 17 Feb that no peace deal would be forced "on an elected leader of a sovereign nation", referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • German Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsky posted on X earlier claims of what a Trump peace plan could look like: "According to my sources: the proposal by Trump consists of 3 stages: 1) a ceasefire 2) ELECTIONS in Ukraine 3) signing of a final agreement. [...] It must be very clear to us, Europeans, that elections MUST take place AFTER the final stage. Not before it. Also because the final agreement cannot be the result of a pro-Russia candidate possibly elected under stage 2)."

 

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Reuters carrying comments from Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov. He confirms that the bilateral talks in Riyadh between US and Russian delegations have concluded after four and a half hours. Says that the negotiations "went well", and that "It was a serious conversation on all issues". Goes on to say that a meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is "unlikely to take place next week", although the conditions for such a meeting were discussed. The two sides also agreed on the identity of negotiators that would talk about possible peace talks in Ukraine. Ushakov says that any decision on when to begin formal talks on Ukraine would come from Putin. 

  • Today's talks come as White House special envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg is in Brussels as part of a two-day visit for meetings with EU and NATO officials. Kellogg said on 17 Feb that no peace deal would be forced "on an elected leader of a sovereign nation", referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • German Green MEP Sergey Lagodinsky posted on X earlier claims of what a Trump peace plan could look like: "According to my sources: the proposal by Trump consists of 3 stages: 1) a ceasefire 2) ELECTIONS in Ukraine 3) signing of a final agreement. [...] It must be very clear to us, Europeans, that elections MUST take place AFTER the final stage. Not before it. Also because the final agreement cannot be the result of a pro-Russia candidate possibly elected under stage 2)."