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It's their choice. But we're preparing for the talks in Saudi Arabia as a bilateral Ukrainian-American event,
he added
The discussions will focus on the details and implementation of decisions made at the political level… That is, professionals from the Ukrainian and American sides should meet to clarify all the details and how everything should look. We need to understand how it will work, who will oversee it, how it will be monitored,
he said
We have tried on one side to speak to the Russian leadership, on the other hand, to engage the Ukrainian leadership,
said Indian Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar
We want to be ready to answer questions like, ‘Should a Russian be invited to the next conference?’
Franke saidSeeing Russians here talking of peace while they bomb Ukrainian children and pretend it’s justified just makes my skin crawl,
fumed one Eastern European diplomat
I have not seen such headlines.”
When asked how Russia bombing Kyiv within hours of Trump’s call with Putin showed Moscow was interested in peace, the Russian official shrugged and repliedThe Europeans can complain as much as they want, but only Washington and Moscow really matter and it is good that we are talking,
said one Russian officialFor the first time, there is a potential end in sight,
he saidYou basically say, 'Okay, what are your terms?' And you go to the other side, 'What are your terms?'
Kellogg said
By now, there could have been over a week without killings, without strikes, without fire – if Putin were not the only one keeping this war going
Zelensky saidThere is absolutely no self-interest from the US side in lifting sanctions on Russian military."
Shkurenko
This is the exact wrong time to take the foot off the gas,
Benjamin Hilgenstock, KSE senior economist and one of the report's coauthors, told NewsweekVladimir Putin responded positively to this initiative and immediately gave the Russian military the corresponding order,
a Kremlin readout said
The stronger they are on the battlefield, the stronger they are behind the negotiation table,
the European Union’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas said of the Ukrainians, according to ReutersI believe we’ll get it done. We’ll see what happens,
Trump said on Thursday, referring to the talksThey’re going to be proximity discussions, meaning one group is going to be in this room, one group in this room, and they [American representatives - ed.] will sit and talk, go back and forth, sort of like shuttle diplomacy in a hotel,
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There will be a meeting of Ukraine and America and then some shuttle diplomacy, as our American colleagues said, America with Russia,
he told reporters after a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store
For the most part, the signals from Brussels and European capitals concern plans to militarise Europe,
he saidOn the Russian side, they will be attended by Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the International Relations Council Committee of the Federation Council [the upper chamber of the Russian parliament], and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the director of the FSB,
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These consultations will take place on Monday, March 24th, in Riyadh,
Ushakov said on Thursday in comments published by the Kremlin