Shafaq News/ US and Russian delegations have begun ceasefire talks inSaudi Arabia, Russian state news agency Tass reported on Monday, as Washingtonpushes for a maritime truce in the Black Sea while broader negotiationscontinue.
The talks, led by senior US officials Andrew Peek and Michael Anton,follow discussions between US and Ukrainian officials on Sunday. Russia isrepresented by Grigory Karasin, chair of the Federation Council’s ForeignAffairs Committee, and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the Federal SecurityService director.
Washington is seeking a deal that would allow free movement of shippingin the Black Sea, a key objective for Moscow, before progressing toward a widerceasefire agreement, a source briefed on the talks told Reuters.
The discussions come as former US President Donald Trump steps upefforts to broker an end to the three-year conflict. Last week, he spokeseparately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin.
Any agreement in Riyadh follows Putin’s recent approval of Trump’sproposal for a 30-day halt on strikes against energy infrastructure. However,the ceasefire remains uncertain, with continued attacks reported by both sides.
Zelenskyy, in a televised statement on Sunday, called for concreteaction from Moscow. “We need Putin to give a real order to stop the strikes,”he said.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, downplayed expectations of a breakthrough."We are only at the beginning of this path," Kremlin spokesman DmitryPeskov told Russian state TV, adding that many details remained unresolved.
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