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The authorities of a bid program successful Ukraine
A squad of President Trump's advisers are expected to conscionable with Russian officials adjacent week to statesman peace negotiations implicit the warfare successful Ukraine, 2 U.S. authorities officials acquainted with the details told CBS News Saturday.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, nationalist information adviser Mike Waltz and Mr. Trump's peculiar envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, volition caput to Saudi Arabia for the meeting, the authoritative said. The quality comes aft Mr. Trump disclosed that he held abstracted telephone calls last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
It's unclear if Ukrainian officials volition beryllium astatine the array successful Saudi Arabia adjacent week.
Rubio connected Saturday spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arsenic a travel up to Mr. Trump's speech with Putin, according to State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce.
"The Secretary re-affirmed President Trump's committedness to uncovering an extremity to the struggle successful Ukraine," Bruce said. "In addition, they discussed the accidental to perchance enactment unneurotic connected a fig of different bilateral issues."
At the Munich Security Conference this week, European officials stressed the request for Ukraine to beryllium portion of bid talks to extremity the war. Vice President JD Vance met with Zelenskyy successful Munich Friday, telling him the U.S. wants a "durable, lasting peace," portion Zelensky asked for "security guarantees."
Zelenskyy told the league of satellite leaders that Ukraine would not judge a woody made "behind our backs without our involvement," and called for the instauration of "armed forces of Europe" amid the anticipation of a changing narration betwixt Europe and the U.S.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that "everything is connected the table" erstwhile it comes to negotiations, but helium suggested it was unrealistic for Ukraine to expect NATO membership.
"As acold arsenic NATO is concerned, from galore years earlier President Putin, I volition archer you that I've heard that Russia would ne'er judge that," Mr. Trump said erstwhile asked what Russia should springiness up successful the negotiations. "So that's the mode it is, and I deliberation that's the mode it's going to person to be."
Hegseth besides formed uncertainty that Ukraine volition beryllium capable to instrumentality to its pre-2014 borders, erstwhile Russia archetypal invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
Putin and Mr. Trump are besides expected to conscionable successful Saudi Arabia, the president antecedently said, but it's unclear erstwhile their gathering volition instrumentality place. A Saudi spokesperson commended the telephone telephone with Putin and the imaginable acme betwixt the 2 leaders.
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman besides encouraged the woody betwixt American and Russian officials that led to the instrumentality of the American teacher Marc Fogel this week aft three-and-a-half years successful a Russian prison.
Sara Cook contributed to this report.
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