US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a delegation to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian officials on ways to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has said he will not attend Tuesday's talks with US officials, reports Deutsche Welle.
According to Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian delegation will include his chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, as well as the foreign and defense ministers and a top military official in the presidential administration.
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine's position in Tuesday's talks with US officials will be "fully constructive" and that he hopes for practical outcomes from the negotiations on ending the Russian war in his country.
"We hope for practical outcomes," Zelenskyy wrote in a post on X. "Ukraine's position in these talks will be fully constructive."
This will be the first meeting of US and Ukrainian delegations after a confrontational meeting at the White House between US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Zelenskyy, following which the US froze military aid to Ukraine.
