President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that after the pause, the negotiation process will continue in the United States. He said this in an evening video address on March 19, specifying that the meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 21. According to him, the Ukrainian delegation is already heading to the United States.
“There was a pause in the negotiations, it’s time to end them. And we are doing everything to make the negotiations truly meaningful. The Ukrainian team – namely the political part of the negotiating group – is already on its way, and this Saturday we expect a meeting in the United States of America. Today we talked in detail about the negotiations with Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov, and David Arakhamia. Serhiy Kyslytsia will also participate in the meetings. Our priority is to do everything to make a decent peace possible,” he said.
The head of state also announced the preparation of new agreements with the countries of the Middle East after the visit there by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov.
“There are specific things they can support our country with, support our defense – primarily air defense – and there are things we can support them with and are already supporting them. Ukrainian expert groups for protection against “shaheeds” are already in the relevant countries, there are daily reports on their task performance,” the head of state concluded.
Earlier, Zelenskyy stated that Russia had strengthened its positions in the negotiations.
