U.S. and Russia in high-level talks on ending Ukraine war and reestablishing diplomatic and economic ties

Revelation 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • A Trump administration team led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down for four hours with senior representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the first such meeting since Russia deepened an invasion of Ukraine that launched the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.
  • Neither Ukraine nor any European actor was invited to the talks
  • “This is the start of a long process,” Rubio told reporters after the meeting.
  • The two sides agreed on a “consultation mechanism to address irritants to our bilateral relationship,” the State Department said.
  • They also agreed to appoint “high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all sides.”
  • President Trump, for whom foreign policy is largely transactional, has said he “just wants the killing to stop” at any cost.
  • Tuesday’s meeting was a follow-up to Trump’s telephone conversation with Putin last week. Trump essentially ceded to Putin’s main demands: Ukraine will have to give up territory seized illegally by Russia, and must give up its goal of joining NATO.

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