Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on March 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
The Kremlin acknowledges the challenging task of restoring Russia-US relations but notes political will from both sides. Ukraine seeks security guarantees amid ongoing diplomatic talks.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees restoring ties with the United States as a long, hard task but believes there is political will on both sides to move forward, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Rapid moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to pursue a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin have unnerved Ukraine and its European allies.
"We are at the initial stage of the path to restoring our bilateral relations. The road ahead is quite long and difficult, but at least the two presidents have expressed political will in this direction," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
He said it was important to determine whether Ukraine, which is due to hold high-level diplomatic talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, really wanted peace or not.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is willing to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible, and is seeking guarantees from the U.S. and Europe to underpin the future security of his country.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov, writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
The Kremlin believes restoring ties with the United States is a long and difficult task, but there is political will on both sides to move forward.
Rapid moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to pursue rapprochement with Russia have unnerved Ukraine and its European allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed his willingness to negotiate as soon as possible and is seeking security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe.
Ukraine is set to hold high-level diplomatic talks with the U.S. in Saudi Arabia, which will determine whether Ukraine genuinely seeks peace.
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