Several hours of conventional negotiation, in neutral terrain. Then a common press release, testifying to a real advance: the acceptance by kyiv of the principle of a temporary ceasefire in the current war since 2022. Eleven days after the confrontation in the oval office between Donald Trump, his vice-president JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelensky, the bilateral relationship between the United States and Ukraine Djedda (Saudi Arabia), Tuesday, March 11.
In a common text published at the end of the meeting, the Ukrainian delegation led by the head of the presidential administration, Andriï Iermak, “s‘is declared ready to accept the American proposal ” of an immediate and provisional ceasefire of thirty days, “Which can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties”.
It would be a complete ceasefire, including on the front line-and not only around critical infrastructure-, air and sea. “The president [Trump] Clearly said and, in any case, clearly told us that all fights must stop ”said Mike Waltz, his national security advisor, who headed the American delegation with the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. Consequently of this Ukrainian opening, the United States undertakes to restore arms deliveries on the framework of the Budget lines already voted under the Biden administration-as well as intelligence cooperation.
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