Trump's administration announced Tuesday that he had agreed to make more peace talks with Russia to address the current war in Ukraine, Reuters reported.
This marks a change in the previous approach to the United States, which largely isolated Russian President Vladimir Putin and brought together NATO and allies to support Ukraine's defense.
The initial discussions took place in Riad, Saudi Arabia, and lasted 4 1/2 hours, but Ukraine was remarkably excluded from the conversations, a point of discussion for many.
As the meeting progressed, Russian officials hardened their demands, including a firm position on NATO membership, stating that they would not accept Ukraine to join the alliance.
Ukraine has been inflexible that he will not accept any peace agreement imposed without his direct participation. The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also reiterated that decisions about the future of Ukraine should not be made without the consent of the country.
The Trump administration movement has generated criticism from some European leaders who argue that it has given Russia concessions, especially after ruling out the NATO membership for Ukraine and suggesting that kyiv's efforts to claim Russian territory were useless.
Despite these concerns, the United States National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, and Secretary of State Frame security guarantees.
However, Russian officials made it clear that they would not offer any concession, which raised doubts about the potential of significant progress.
While the conversations were framed as the beginning of a serious negotiation process, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, postponed a planned trip to Saudi Arabia, possibly to avoid providing legitimacy to the US conversations of Russia without the participation of Ukraine.
Diplomatic efforts have caused alarm in the capitals of kyiv and Europe, where concerns persist that conversations could ignore the security needs of Ukraine and the risk of legitimizing Russia's aggression, potentially undermining long -term stability in The region.
