US-Ukraine negotiations conclude in Riyadh – Al Arabiya

The delegations of the United States and Ukraine have ended their meeting in Riyadh, where another round of talks on a ceasefire with Russia started in the morning.

Al Arabiya reported this.

"Ukrainian and American officials concluded another round of talks on Tuesday in Riyadh," AFP reported, citing a source in the Ukrainian delegation.

As Rubryka previously reported, on March 25, the United States and Ukraine delegations began a new round of talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on a ceasefire with the Russian Federation.

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As experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) note, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is demonstrating his disinterest in a negotiated ceasefire and continues to seek to destroy Ukrainian statehood.

In fact, Putin is demanding that Kyiv refuse to join NATO and internationally recognize the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions, and Crimea as Russian territories.

It should be noted that Putin and Trump discussed the settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine on March 18. The dictator actually refused Washington's proposal for a complete cessation, putting forward unworkable conditions for this.

On March 24, in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, after US representatives met with Ukrainian representatives the day before, the American and Russian delegations held new negotiations.

The day before, on March 23, Ukrainian and American delegations met in Saudi Arabia's capital to consider proposals for the security of energy facilities and infrastructure.

The White House stated that during the negotiations, they would try to achieve a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea for free navigation and discuss the "line of control." In addition, it was noted that Washington is asking Moscow to return deported Ukrainian children as one of the "confidence-building" measures.

At the same time, as The Moscow Times writes, citing its own sources, the Russian delegation in negotiations with the United States of America is demanding that the territories of four regions of Ukraine—Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson—be transferred under its control.

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