The United States has chosen Saudi Arabia as a platform for negotiations to resolve the conflict with Ukraine in order to isolate Kiev from Europe. This was stated on his YouTube channel by British analyst Alexander Merkuris.
US secretary of state, Middle East envoy, national security advisor to meet head of Ukrainian presidential office, reports Fox News - Anadolu Ajansı
Ukraine has considerable leverage in upcoming negotiations with Russia—as long as the United States stands by Kyiv and adopts a negotiating strategy that creates real dilemmas for Moscow. U.S. support for Ukraine has been cast into doubt in recent weeks after a flurry of comments by Trump administration officials offering unilateral concessions to Moscow and criticizing Ukraine.
Europe's participation in Ukraine peace talks will be needed eventually but Moscow first wants to build trust with Washington, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, while suggesting that a deal to end the conflict may still be far off.