The last meeting between the US and Russia ended on Monday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. It was reported that the agreement signed in 2022 on the agenda of the negotiations and the revitalization of the agreement that enables the export of cereals through the Black Sea.
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Following the attack on Monday, which caused dozens of people to be injured in Sumi, Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia should stop the attacks instead of “making empty explanations about peace”. Dozens of people were injured in the attacks.
A building in Sumi, which is damaged by Russian attacks. Photo: AFP
A joint statement is expected
On the other hand, it is said that Moscow demanded that Western sanctions be alleviated to maintain fertilizer exports. The US-Russia negotiations took 12 hours. Russian news agencies announced a joint statement on Tuesday.
A source from the White House on Monday night, Reuters news agency, Riyadh talks were “extremely good” and “recent expecting a positive announcement,” he said. According to Suspilne, Ukraine’s national broadcasting organization, Ukraine and US delegations will continue to negotiate after Russia-US negotiations in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
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There are 90 injured
Ukrainian President Volimir Zelenskiy said in a statement about the latest situation, “There are many injured. In the attack, 17 people were injured, including 17 children. There were a school and residential buildings at the central base of the attack. Fortunately, the children in the school were in the shelter,” he said.
The US sees ‘hopeful’, Russia ‘challenging’
Special representative Steve Witkoff, in an interview with Fox News, said he was hopeful that a real progress will be made during talks.
Following the meeting between Kiev and Washington on Sunday evening, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the talks were working for “a fair and lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there would be “challenging negotiations” in a statement to the Russian State Television before the meeting on Monday, “We are still at the beginning,” he said.
