Ukraine He agreed on Tuesday to an immediate 30-day suspension of weapons negotiated by the USA Russia He accepts the plan, said officials.
As part of the plan, the United States immediately raised their pause on sharing an interview with Ukraine and resume help from the security of this country that was attacked by Russia over three years ago.
“Ukraine is ready to start talking and stop shooting,” said the Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Juddza, Saudi ArabiaAfter more than seven hours of negotiations in this city between American and Ukrainian delegations.
Both US president Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy According to the joint statement of the rule of two nations, he agreed to say “a comprehensive agreement on the development of critical mineral resources of Ukraine as soon as possible.”
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman during a visit to Yiddd, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2025.
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Zelenskyy said in a statement that the planned suspension of weapons would stop all warfare, “not only in the case of bullets, drones and bombs, not only in the Black Sea, but along the entire line of the front.”
“Ukraine accepts this proposal with satisfaction. We see her as a positive step and we are ready to take her, “said Zelenskyy. “The United States must now convince Russia to do the same. If Russia agrees, silence will immediately come into force. “
“Today we have submitted an offer that the Ukrainians accepted, i.e. in order to conclude weapons and immediate negotiations in order to end this conflict in a way and balanced and takes into account their interests, their safety, the ability to prosper as a nation,” said Rubio.
“We hope that we send this offer now to the Russians and we hope that they will say so that they say” yes ” – said Rubio. “The ball is now on their pitch.”
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) participates in the meeting of the Ukrainian and American delegation in Yiddd, Saudi Arabia, in order to discuss issues related to the end of the Russian-Bryrain war on March 11, 2025.
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In a joint statement, US and Ukrainian delegations stated that the temporary, monthly suspension of weapons “can be extended for mutual agreement of the parties.”
“The United States will communicate with Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace,” said the statement.
Zelenskyy in his night television speech to Ukraine said: “Our position is absolutely clear: Ukraine has been looking for peace from the first second of this war and we want to do everything to achieve peace as quickly and reliably as possible – so that the war never returns.”
According to a joint statement issued by Ukraine and the USA, two delegations “also discussed the importance of humanitarian activities as part of the peace process, especially during the above -mentioned suspension of weapons, including the exchange of war prisoners, release of civil detainees and the return of forced Ukrainian children.”