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Riyadh’s story follows Trump’s call with Putin
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Ukraine has been excluded from consultations and claims it has not signed a contract without consent.
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Russian Sovereign Wealth Fund Chief praises Trump as a problem solver
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We see it as a test of Russia’s seriousness in ending the war.
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Riyadh’s story follows an emergency meeting of European leaders
Humeyra Pamuk and Pesha Magid
RIYADH, – President Donald Trump, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund on Tuesday, described as a problem-solver ahead of the US-Russia speech in Saudi Arabia. War in Ukraine.
The conversation may pave the way for a summit between Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“President Trump and his team are teams of problem solvers and are really a team of problem solvers who are already very quickly and very efficient and very successful on many big challenges, and really efficient and very successful people are teams of problem solvers. I’m watching,” Kiril Dmitliv told reporters in Riyadh.
Russia will likely hold talks with senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, to focus on the end of the Ukrainian war and the restoration of a “complete complex” of relations with Russia. I stated.
Ukraine says it cannot enter into a peace agreement on behalf of consultations.
Dmitriev, a former US-educated Goldman Sachs Banker, played a role in early contacts between Moscow and Washington during Trump’s first term as President Trump from 2016 to 2020.
“It’s very important to understand that US companies have left Russia and lost around $300 billion. So there’s been a huge economic loss from you to many countries and what’s going on now? I know.
The talks came after European leaders gathered on Monday for an emergency summit to agree to a unified strategy after Trump pushed for immediate discussions with Ukraine after last week’s call with Putin .
European leaders said they would take the lead in investing more in defense and providing security assurances for Ukraine.
“Everyone feels an urgent feeling,” Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoff told X.
“Europe has to contribute to protecting the agreement and working with Americans is essential,” he said.
First contact
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and Middle Eastern envoy Steve Witkov met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Yuri Ushakov on Tuesday, and said in a statement on Putin’s foreign policy adviser Riyadh Foreign policy advisers said officials from both sides.
The meeting took place just a month after Trump took office and reflects a significant deviation from Washington’s position under President Joe Biden’s administration, which avoided public contact, with Russia saying They conclude that the end of the Ukrainian War is not serious.
Russia, which has occupied parts of Ukraine since 2014, began a full-scale invasion in February 2022.
US officials have tried to cast Tuesday’s talks as their first contact to determine whether Moscow is serious about ending the war in Ukraine.
“This is a follow-up to the first conversation between Putin and President Trump, and perhaps the first step is possible, if this can be managed, what the profits are,” a spokesman for the State Department. One Tammy Bruce told reporters in Riyadh.
However, the Kremlin suggested that the debate would cover “the whole complex of Russian-American relations,” and prepare for consultations on the possibility of a settlement on Ukraine and the meeting of the two presidents.
In a call on Saturday, Lavrov and Rubio said they discussed removing barriers to trade and investment between the two countries.
Then President Biden and Kiev’s allies around the world had aimed to impose a wave of sanctions on Moscow on the Ukrainian invasion three years ago, weakening the Russian economy and limiting the Kremlin’s war effort.
Riyadh, who is also involved in talks with Washington about the future of the Gaza Strip, played a role in early contacts between the Trump administration and Moscow, helping to secure swaps for prisoners last week.
How to interact with Washington
It remains unclear how Europe will attract Washington after Trump surprised Ukraine and European allies by ousting Ukraine and European allies to the West for a long time.
“We agree with President Trump on a ‘peace by strength’ approach,” a European official spoke on condition of anonymity after a Paris conference.
The US decision sparked awareness among European countries that they must do more to ensure Ukraine’s security.
Before the meeting, British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer said he was willing to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, saying that on Monday there must be a US security commitment to European countries to put their boots on the ground. I stated.
Trump’s Ukrainian envoy Keith Kellogg said he would visit Ukraine from Wednesday, saying he was asked if the US would provide security assurances to European peacekeepers.
“I was with President Trump, and that policy has always been the case. You’re not removing your options from the table,” he said.
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