Zelensky will visit Saudi Arabia to sign the "Economic Agreements", while the USA and the Russian Federation are preparing for negotiations in Riyadh

Minister of Economics of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko wrote about the arrival of the delegation of the Ukrainian government in Riyadh. She announced the preparation of the visit of Vladimir Zelensky to Saudi Arabia, during which it is planned to sign “important economic agreements” with the countries of the Middle East.

It is known that representatives of the United States and Russia will hold a meeting in Saudi Arabia to coordinate their positions on the possibility of completing the war in Ukraine. This was written by Reuters with reference to the American congressman and a source familiar with the planning of the event.

Zelensky, who met on Friday with US Vice President Jay Di Wans in Germany, said that Ukraine did not receive an invitation to negotiations in Saudi Arabia. According to him, Kyiv will not conduct a dialogue with Russia without preliminary consultations with strategic partners, said the head of the president’s office, Andrei Ermak.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Walz and the White House in the Middle East Steve Witkoff will go to Saudi Arabia, and the congressman Michael McColus announced Reuters.

In the fields of the Munich Security Conference, McColus said that the purpose of the negotiations is the organization of a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as Zelensky "for the final establishment of peace and the termination of the conflict." A source familiar with the situation confirms preparations for negotiations between representatives of the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia.

Marco Rubio in an interview with CBS emphasized that the coming weeks will show whether Vladimir Putin is really seriously configured to conclude a strong world. He noted that “one telephone call cannot be established”, referring to the recent conversation of Trump and Putin on the phone. Rubio called the US president “the best negotiator in American politics and expressed confidence that he would quickly understand whether the Russian leader really wants to negotiate or just tries to win time.

Rubio recently called up with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov. Among other things, the parties agreed to “remove obstacles for the work of the foreign representatives of Russia and the USA” and work on “restoring mutual intelligent interstate dialogue”.