The US proposed a truce in the Black Sea to Russia during discussions held in Saudi Arabia. White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz stated that this step aims to re-establish safe navigation in the Black Sea and could pave the way for a broader peace agreement. The talks also addressed Ukraine’s successes against the Russian navy and Russia’s attacks on energy facilities.<\/p>\n
Talks between Russian and US delegations began today in Saudi Arabia, which Washington views as a step toward a more comprehensive peace agreement.<\/p>\n
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s agreement last week to refrain from attacks on energy facilities for 30 days, the US side hopes to reach an agreement on establishing a truce in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n
In a statement to CBS television yesterday, White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said that the main topic of the talks, to be held a day after the meeting between Ukrainian and American delegations, would be the declaration of a truce in the Black Sea to re-establish safe navigation.<\/p>\n
Waltz suggested that this would lead to a discussion about the “line of control, which is the de facto front line.”<\/p>\n
Waltz noted that “technical teams” would conduct Monday’s talks.<\/p>\n
According to a source familiar with the preparation process, as reported by Reuters<\/em>, the US delegation will include Andrew Peak, Senior Director of the National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a senior official from the State Department.<\/p>\n The Russian side is represented by Grigory Karasin, a former diplomat who currently chairs the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and the Head of the Operational Information and International Relations Department of the Federal Security Service (FSB).<\/p>\n Last week, following a phone call between Donald Trump and Putin, Putin agreed to support a 30-day halt to attacks on energy facilities, which the US and Ukraine had previously agreed upon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US proposed a truce in the Black Sea to Russia during discussions held in Saudi Arabia. White House National Security Advisor Mike Waltz stated that this step aims to re-establish safe navigation in the Black Sea and could pave the way for a broader peace agreement. The talks also addressed Ukraine’s successes against the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[8276,1254,1211,319,8275,2862,8278,503,8277,3584,3552,6823,683,800,8274,679,1459,1945,822,821,444,2325],"class_list":["post-8541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","tag-andrew-peak","tag-black-sea","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-energy-facilities","tag-fsb","tag-grigory-karasin","tag-headline","tag-michael-anton","tag-mike-waltz","tag-national-security-council","tag-peace-agreement","tag-russia","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-safe-navigation","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-talks","tag-truce","tag-ukraine","tag-us","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-white-house"],"yoast_head":"\n