Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskow announces that the next round of Russian-American talks will take place on Thursday in Istanbul, Turkey. In turn, Bloomberg reports that the delegation of Ukraine will pay a visit to the USA on Friday and Saturday to talk to the American authorities about a raw material agreement.
Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Diplomacy are to participate in the Russian -American negotiations planned for April 10 – said the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskow. He did not reveal what topics would be discussed.
According to Russian media, at the forefront of the delegation Russia Aleksandr Darczijew, appointed Russian ambassador in the USA, is to stand. The American delegation, in turn, is to be managed by Sonata Coulter, deputy assistant to the Secretary of State of the USA. The talks are to concern “normalization of the work of embassies” – the Russian side said.
At the beginning of April, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov He announced that a new meeting of representatives of Russia and the USA about Moscow's bilateral relations with Washington is being prepared.
Source: EPA/Russian Foreign Ministry Press
Negotiations regarding the truce
Also Kiriłł Dmitrijew, adviser to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin Business for a business that he made a visit to the USA last week on Sunday that the next round of conversations between Russia and the United States is possible “next week”.
Dmitrijew, head of the Russian Fund of Direct Investment (RFPI), met during his visit to Washington, among others with a special envoy of the US President Steve Witkoff, for months participating in negotiations regarding the truce in the Russian war against Ukraine.
Previous talks of the US and Russia delegation took place in March in Saudi Arabia. Leaders of both countries, Donald Trump And Vladimir Putin, in recent months, talked to each other twice by phone.
Bloomberg: Talks in Washington about a raw material contract
The Ukrainian delegation – which will pay a visit to the US on Friday and Saturday to talk to the American authorities about the raw material agreement – will enter the Ukrainian deputy ministers of the economy and justice.
The US politicians will not fly to the US, because at the current stage of talks with the administration of President Donald Trump it is necessary to conduct technical consultations – we read. Kyiv also chose an international law firm to advise the Ukrainian side during negotiations.
The visit will probably take place on April 11-12. The MSZ spokesman admitted that this undertaking has already been planned, but refused to provide details.
Source: Ukraine Presidential Press Service/PAP/EPA
Negotiations on the new draft contract
On Sunday, the Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Julia Swyrydenko, announced that Ukraine would send his team to Washington this week to start negotiations on the new draft agreement on the mining of Ukrainian mineral resources.
– The new draft of the US agreement shows that the intention to create a fund or joint investing remains – said Swyrydenko.
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Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sybiha reported that the authorities in Kiev received from the US administration a new draft raw material agreement and are already cooperating with American partners to sign an agreement. Critics of the contract say, however, that it is only an attempt to deprive Kiev of control over their own natural resources and infrastructure.
According to the AP agency, the new project includes not only the metals of rare lands, but also gas and oil.
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Source: PAP
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