Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said that Ukraine is approaching today’s talks with US officials in Jeddah “very openly.”
He told journalists in Jeddah before a meeting with the American delegation on Tuesday, Ukrinform reports citing CNN.
“Now we believe that we need to discuss the most important thing: how to start this process… And we are very open, very open. And we want to have a very constructive, deep, friendly, partnership conversation with our American partners,” Yermak said.
He emphasized that security guarantees for Ukraine from the United States are “very important” so that Russia cannot attack again after the agreement is reached. However, Yermak added that the priority of the meeting was to launch the process of achieving peace with Moscow through negotiations.
At the same time, he refused to say what concessions Ukraine is ready to make to reach a peace agreement.
As reported by Ukrinform, on March 11, the delegations of Ukraine and the United States began a meeting in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that the Ukrainian side is represented by the Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa.
The U.S. side is represented by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Michael Volz, and U.S. Special Representative for Middle East Affairs Steven Witkoff.
The key topics of the meeting will be the path to peace and bilateral relations between Ukraine and the United States, the Ministry added.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that further assistance to Ukraine would depend on the outcome of the talks scheduled for Jeddah.
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Source: Yermak before meeting in Jeddah: Ukraine is very open to negotiations with US
