Zelensky Responds To U.S. Talks With Russia In Saudi Arabia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Zelensky shared, “Kyiv cannot recognize any agreements or things discussed about us without us.”

Zelensky also canceled his trip to Saudi Arabia after the United States and Russian diplomats negotiated an end to the war.

Previously, Zelensky stated,  “Talks are taking place between representatives of Russia and representatives of the United States of America. About Ukraine — about Ukraine again — and without Ukraine.”

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Per NDTV:

As top Russian and US diplomats held a meeting in Saudi Arabia today with an aim to find an agreement to end the years-long war in Ukraine, without the latter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had said that “Kyiv cannot recognise any agreements or things discussed about us without us.”

President Zelensky was supposed to visit Saudi Arabia too – but a day after the crucial meeting between top diplomats from Russia and the United States. However, Zelensky says he has postponed Wednesday’s trip to Saudi Arabia after US-Russia talks until March 10.

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Earlier, President Zelensky had criticised talks between the US and Russia as the talks were going to happen without Ukrainian participation. Talks “are taking place between representatives of Russia and representatives of the United States of America. About Ukraine — about Ukraine again — and without Ukraine,” Zelensky said in Turkey during an official visit.

At a press conference with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a visit to Ankara, he said, “Ukraine, Europe in a broad sense — and this includes the European Union, Turkey, and the UK — should be involved in conversations and the development of the necessary security guarantees with America regarding the fate of our part of the world.”

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Check out what CNN reported:

The United States and Russia agreed on four principles following talks that lasted more than four hours in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, including appointing a high-level team to help “negotiate and work through the end of the conflict in Ukraine” in a way that’s “acceptable to all the parties engaged.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not invited to the talks, said Ukraine will not “give in to Russia’s ultimatums” and earlier said he would refuse to sign any agreement negotiated without Kyiv’s involvement.