Russia awaits “some progress” during the negotiations scheduled for Monday with the United States
“We hope to achieve at least some progress”During the negotiations on Monday with the Americans planned for Saudi Arabia, one of the two negotiators sent by President Vladimir Putin for these talks, to the Russian public television channel, said on Saturday. “The state of mind of Sergei Orestovich [Besseda, l’autre négociateur] and myself is combative and constructive ”he added in this interview, on the eve of their departure.
Grigori Karassine, a senator and career diplomat, said the duo would return to Russia on Tuesday, after discussions with the Americans on Monday, in parallel with an American-Ukrainian meeting. Sergei 0Restovich BESSEDA is a framework for the Federal Security Service (FSB). Their profile contrasts with the CV of Russian envoys during the first Russian-American discussions in Saudi Arabia in mid-February, when the head of diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, had led the Russian delegation.
Friday, a Ukrainian official speaking to the agency France-Presse, under the guise of anonymity, had explained that kyiv hopes ” at least “ An agreement on a partial truce with Russia on the energy sector, infrastructure and the Black Sea. In order to push to an extended truce, kyiv chose the Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov, to lead the Ukrainian delegation, according to this official, who said that Ukraine was still “Ready” At a cease-fire ” general “.
For its part, Moscow claims to have accepted only a break concerning only the energy infrastructure, well below the general suspension of thirty days of hostilities carried by the administration of the American president Donald Trump. Among the subjects to be tackled, there is no doubt that the Russians will want to impose the visions of Vladimir Putin on the establishment of a moratorium and his control, the Russian Head of State saying to fear that Ukraine will use such a truce to recruit additional soldiers and receive new Western weapons.
Source: Lemonde