Posted on 03/26/2025 7:08:49 AM PDT by hardspunned
Outcomes of the United States and Russia Expert Groups On the Black Sea in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 23-25, 2025 In line with presidential-level discussions between President Donald J. Trump and President Vladimir Putin, the United States facilitated bilateral technical-level talks with the Russian delegation March 23-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Following those discussions: The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea. The United States will help restore Russia’s access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions. The United States and Russia agreed to develop measures for implementing President Trump’s and President Putin’s agreement to ban strikes against energy facilities of Russia and Ukraine. The United States and Russia welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements. The United States and Russia will continue working toward achieving a durable and lasting peace. The United States reiterated President Donald J. Trump’s imperative that the killing on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine conflict must stop, as the necessary step toward achieving an enduring peace settlement. To that end, the United States will continue facilitating negotiations between both sides to achieve a peaceful resolution, in line with the agreements made in Riyadh.
The United States expresses gratitude to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his leadership and hospitality in once again facilitating these important discussions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The Russian version:
MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. Russia and the United States make progress on the Black Sea deal at their Riyadh talks, and the divide over a French nuclear protection proposal widens in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, a war plan leak sparks the first major scandal in the Trump administration. These stories topped Wednesday’s newspaper headlines in Russia.
Following more than 12-hour-long talks in the Saudi capital, Russia and the United States agreed to stop fighting in the Black Sea and allow for secure navigation there. Washington will work toward restoring Russia’s access to the global market for agricultural and fertilizer exports and broader access to ports and payment systems. The two sides will also develop measures for implementing the agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to ban strikes on energy facilities, including nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams, as well as oil and gas pipelines.
Ukraine, which held separate bilateral talks with the United States at the same venue, agreed to a maritime and energy ceasefire. The Russian Foreign Ministry’s envoy Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia that other Black Sea countries could also join the negotiating process.
Monday’s talks spanned beyond the 2022 grain accord, as they also included discussions on regional security issues and the Black Sea situation. The fact that high-profile officials, Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and Sergey Beseda, Advisor to the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), represented Russia at the talks indicates an attempt to “test the waters” on a broader agenda, Dmitry Novikov, Associate Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Political Geography and Modern Geopolitics at the Higher School of Economics, noted.
However, the lack of any mechanisms to compel Kiev to implement the agreements remains a key challenge to progress toward peace. “Ukraine will use any means to put obstacles in the way of communication between Russia and the United States,” Novikov believes.
Whether conditions for the lifting of sanctions on Rosselkhozbank are met or whether Washington can keep Kiev from provocations will also be key. According to Miroshnik, a detailed discussion on all these aspects must be held, and those should not be based on a whim. The next few months will show if the sides can move from “testing the waters” to building a sustainable security architecture.
A great many factions are inclined to declare success in getting agreements, even if the agreements are not in place.
There will need to be a signed piece of paper or there is no agreement.
And I suppose in this era of internet skillsets, such a document could be falsified.
There will need to be a signed piece of paper or there is no agreement.
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Common sense says Ukraine needs to “ sign the papers”…Zelensky is not a legitimate ruler. I don’t see anything of substance until elections are held in Ukraine….and the Green Goblin has not allowed that.
Their Rada ( Congress) can change all that, but I suspect they soon will. Ukrainians are highly pissed at what Zelensky has done to them. In any case, a new Ukrainian Constitution will ultimately be drawn up, one that addresses Ukraine’s Neo Nazi problem.
Putin isn’t a legitimate leader, either.
No more than Chavez was, or Saddam Hussein, Xi, or Maduro, etc.
They are just dictators. Their people really dont have a say in anything.
There can be no elections.
The refugee total that fled to Europe AND Russia will have their ballots doubted or rejected.
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