The United States and Russian’s top diplomats are making their way in Saudi Arabia to hold significant conversations on war in Ukraine. The Trump administration underlines the return of the state as a site to host the US-Russia dialogue to choose Riyadh to choose Riyadh, which was under the administration of former President Joe Biden.
This will be the first high -level meeting between Washington and Moscow as US President Donald Trump took over, during which the top America and Russian diplomat will try to resume their country’s fragmented relations and try to end the Ukrain War Will start a temporary start in. He will prepare for a summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Both sides reduced the possibility of negotiation, resulting in success. Nevertheless, this fact was being negotiated, creating concern after recent tours towards the United States’s Kremlin in Ukraine and Europe.
Emergence of Saudi from Shadow
The shadow given to Saudi and his real leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seems to be raising after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashogi in 2018 in Turkey, although there are still concerns on the country’s human rights records.
Saudi Arabia, a historic ally from the United States, has avoided choosing sides in the Ukraine War. The world’s leading exporters of the world maintains a close relationship with Russia on energy policy, promising hundreds of million dollars in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The state is dipping its role diplomatically and during the Biden era, it was away from dependence on America as its major international ally by striking close relations with rivals like Russia and China. Saudi has made it clear what they will experience first and first as their interests, Mr. Trump’s foreign policy is more favorable for the nature of transactions.
In his first term, Mr. Trump’s first foreign visit was Saudi Arabia, and the state welcomed his return to the White House.
One of the possible reasons for Shri Trump’s closure of Riyadh could be a smoothly consumed by Abraham that he started in his first term. However, the war in Gaza has later come in the way of the deal and can increase the price well that Saudi Arabia will demand a peace agreement with Israel.
‘Big coup for Saudi’
Saudi government advisor Ali Shhabhabi said, “This is a major coup for Saudi.
“It is quite distinguished and confirms the soft power of the state,” he told AFP.
Riyadh will then host a billion summit on Friday to discuss the reaction of Trump’s proposal for Gaza’s US acquisition and to discuss the forced displacement of more than two million people.
Leaders of six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will participate, as in Egypt and Jordan, which Trump Palestinians have floated as potential destinations for Palestinians.
After entering the headlines of Saudi Arabia, after the oil-rich power, his small neighbor Qatar meditated a difficult-learn in the Israeli-Hamas war so far.
“Saudi Arabia is capable of taking advantage of contradictions and conflict between West and Russia in the Ukrainian crisis, especially on the oil issue, without losing any of your colleagues, whether Western or Russian,” is political and strategic in Cairo Al-Aaram Center for Study.
AFP said, “This has helped bring it out of isolation after Khashogi’s affair.”
Russia-US talks
The meeting of the US and Russian officials comes to Ukraine about three years of the total freeze in relations between the two countries during the war in Ukraine. European leaders met on Monday to discuss their strategy in Paris, while Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski is expected in Turkey on Tuesday.
In Riyadh, special messengers for the US State Secretary Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and the Middle East Steve Witcoff met Mohammed bin Salman on Monday. Russian External Affairs Ministers Sergei Lavarov and Yuri Usakov, Putin’s diplomatic advisor, were sent to the Saudi capital to meet with their American counterparts.
Umer Karim, an expert in Saudi Foreign Policy, said, “The meeting between the two teams is” very important from the perspective of Saudi because it increases its stature in world diplomacy and to contribute to global peace as a responsible global actor Is ready.
“This meeting indicates that Saudi leadership and Mohammed bin Salman have especially developed a cordial close and very personal relationship with both President Trump and Putin,” he said.
Academic of the University of Birmingham said that the Saudi crown Rajkumar was to achieve a lot from the “diplomatic activity” in Riyadh and was “becoming an important actor” on the world stage.
