The U.S. will instantly restore navy support and intelligence sharing to Ukraine following bilateral talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, with Ukraine expressing “readiness” to just accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal.
“Ukraine expressed readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire, which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties, and which is subject to acceptance and concurrent implementation by the Russian Federation,” stated a joint assertion after the talks.
“The United States will communicate to Russia that Russian reciprocity is the key to achieving peace,” it added.
“The United States will immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume security assistance to Ukraine.”
The talks got here lower than two weeks after a contentious Oval Workplace assembly between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky late final month.
Trump introduced a collection of actions in current days searching for to stress Ukraine right into a mineral deal and peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and nationwide safety adviser Mike Waltz represented the American facet within the talks, with high Zelensky advisor Andrii Yermak main the Ukrainian delegation.
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