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.