‘Russia will attempt to divide us’ — Kallas on US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia

European overseas ministers and EU overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh, Kallas stated on X on Feb. 18.

A U.S. delegation met with Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov and prime presidential aide Yuri Ushakov in Riyadh on Feb. 18 to provoke talks on ending the struggle, the primary official assembly between the 2 sides because the full-scale invasion started. Ukraine was excluded solely from the discussions.

"Russia will attempt to divide us. Let's not stroll into their traps. By working along with the U.S., we will obtain a simply and lasting peace — on Ukraine's phrases," Kallas wrote on X.

No concrete selections had been introduced following the U.S.-Russia talks, however Ukraine's exclusion from the assembly sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly harassed that no selections about Ukraine's future might be made with out Ukraine's participation.

Rubio claimed on Feb. 16 that the Riyadh talks had been an exploratory first step fairly than official negotiations and that Ukraine and Europe would take part as soon as the official discussions started.

US-Russia talks on Ukraine peace — why Putin will be ‘very happy’Russia on Feb. 18 ended years of political isolation sparked by its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as a delegation of Kremlin officials met with their U.S. counterparts in Saudi Arabia to discuss how to end the very war it started. The talks ended with little in the way ofThe Kyiv IndependentChris York