MBABANE:Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia to visit the Kingdom’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister ahead of meetings with United States(US) diplomats focused on a bilateral minerals deal and ending Ukraine’s war with Russia, Aljazeera reported on Monday evening.
Saudi state television reported Zelenskyy’s arrival in Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea where the Ukraine-US summit will be held on Tuesday. He will meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday, before Ukrainian officials-including Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov-sit down with the Americans on Tuesday.
“Ukraine has been seeking peace since the very first second of the war, and we have always said that the only reason that the war is continuing is because of Russia,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media ahead of his trip.
“US Secretary of State Mark Rubio arrived in Jeddah shortly after Zelenskyy. The top US diplomat is leading a delegation that also includes Mike Waltz, US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser,” Aljazeera reported.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Saudi Arabia for peace talks amid war with Russia, to discuss mineral deal with United States(US).