Talks to determine whether Ukraine is ready to engage with President Donald Trump’s peace process and consequently regain access to U.S. military aid and intelligence started on Tuesday morning.
Ukraine hailed talks with America as having started “constructively”, Kyiv state media reported on Tuesday morning. Delegations from the United States and Ukraine met in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the first in-person discussions between the two countries since Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disastrous attempt at strong-arm diplomacy at the Oval Office in February.
Representing the United States are U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, both of whom also sat around the table at the earlier Saudi talks with Russia. For Ukraine, the delegation includes Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha, Volodymyr Zelensky’s trusted aide and Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, and Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov.