Saudi Arabia: Ukraine ready to accept u.s. Proposal for 30-day truce if Russia greenlights it

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Ukraine expressed its readiness to accept the U.S. Proposal to introduce a 30-day temporary ceasefire with Russia that can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties to the conflict.

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00:00Ukraine expressed its readiness to accept the U.S. proposal to introduce a 30-day temporary

00:04ceasefire with Russia that can be extended by mutual agreement of the parties to the conflict.

00:09This was announced in a statement issued following Tuesday's meeting between

00:13Kyiv and Washington delegations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

00:16According to the final document, drawn up after more than eight hours of negotiations,

00:20Washington was also ready to immediately lift the pulse in intelligence sharing

00:25and resume security assistance to Ukraine. According to the document,

00:29the delegations also agreed to appoint their negotiating teams

00:32and immediately start talks to achieve a lasting peace in the conflict.

00:36In this regard, while Washington pledged to discuss these proposals with representatives of

00:40Russia, the Ukrainian side reiterated that European countries should be involved in the process.

00:45At the end of the U.S.-Ukraine meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Marcos Rubio

00:49summarized the main points of the agreement and shed light on further details of the talks.

00:53U.S. Secretary of State Marcos Rubio

00:57On the first point, your question is, yes, it's – that's the offer. The offer is to

01:02stop the shooting. The goal here is – the only way out to end this war is to negotiate out of it.

01:07There's no military solution to this war. The solution to this war and the way to end it and

01:11to achieve the President's objective of peace is to negotiate. But before you can negotiate,

01:17you have to stop shooting at each other. And that's what the President has wanted to see,

01:21and that's what – that's the commitment we got today from the Ukrainian side, their willingness

01:24to do that. Obviously, now that'll be delivered to the Russians. It'll be delivered to them

01:28directly through multiple channels, meaning not only will they obviously see it, we've – it'll

01:33be communicated to them through our diplomatic channels, through conversations.

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