Security guarantees and territories to be part of negotiations with Ukraine - US security advisor
Photo: Michael Waltz, National Security Advisor to the US President (Getty Images)
During negotiations with Ukraine, issues of territory and future security guarantees will be addressed, US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz says during a briefing.
According to Waltz, in the context of negotiations to end the full-scale war, there are several fundamental principles:
- There must be a permanent end to the war, not a temporary one;
- There will be discussions on security guarantees and territorial issues.
"But I think the most important thing is that the President (Donald Trump, US President - ed.) has expressed his desire, his determination to end this war, to end the killings that are happening... This is not in the interest of any country. This is not in the interest of the world, and certainly not in the interest of the United States and Europe. Therefore, all these things will drive the negotiations, which will continue," said the US National Security Advisor.
Negotiations in Riyadh
Today, February 18, a meeting took place between the official delegations of Russia and the United States. The dialogue followed phone talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The US delegation consisted of:
- Waltz;
- Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff;
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Russia, in turn, sent Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov.
Meanwhile, the US State Department outlined the results of the negotiations with Russia in Saudi Arabia.
