{"id":7871,"date":"2025-02-17T15:49:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:49:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:49:12","slug":"possible-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-to-be-held-in-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/possible-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-to-be-held-in-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible US-Russia talks on Ukraine to be held in Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian and American delegations may meet in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on February 18 to discuss the Ukraine issue.<\/p>\n<p>Sources informed <i>Kommersant<\/i> that talks between the US and Russian official delegations on Ukraine could take place in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>According to <i>Axios<\/i>, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend the talks, while the US delegation will be headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n<p>The US delegation is also expected to include the President&#8217;s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.<\/p>\n<p><i>Bloomberg<\/i> had previously reported that Russia could be represented at the talks by Vice President Yuri Ushakov, Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin, and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Chairman Kirill Dmitriev.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump announced last week that talks between the US and Russia would begin in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Trump stated that these talks would take place before his personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he held a one-and-a-half-hour meeting on February 12 and agreed to work to resolve the military conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is also expected to visit Saudi Arabia in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will not only meet with Russians,&#8221; Zelensky said. &#8220;As I said, we see the order of the talks as follows: first the United States, then Europe, and then the Russians.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of State Rubio stated that Ukrainian and European leaders will take part in the decisive stage of the peace talks, while the bilateral meeting between representatives of the United States and Russia is aimed at starting the negotiation process.<\/p>\n<p>According to <i>Bloomberg<\/i>, Trump expects a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine by Easter, which falls on April 20 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Ukrainian and Western officials told the <i>Financial Times<\/i> that Trump is trying to reach an agreement with Putin by that date.<\/p>\n<p>Another possible date for a deal is May 9, when Russia will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ukrayna yenilgiye gidiyor, Rusya ile m\u00fczakere yak\u0131n! 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