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Posted on February 18, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
US officials highlight the need for concessions in Ukraine peace talks, focusing on territory and security guarantees. No summit date set.
By Humeyra Pamuk
RIYADH (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday after talks with a Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia that all sides will need to make concessions in order to bring about an end to the three-year-old Ukraine war.
"Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey but an important one," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after the talks in Riyadh.
White House national security adviser Mike Waltz, also part of the U.S. delegation alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff, told reporters that no date had been set for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The U.S. delegation said negotiations would include discussions about territory and security guarantees for Ukraine. Russia controls about a fifth of Ukraine.
Rubio said Trump wants to move quickly to try to bring an end to the war, and that the goal is a fair, enduring and sustainable agreement.
Amid concerns in Ukraine and among European allies about the U.S.-led effort, Rubio said the goal is an agreement that is "acceptable to everyone involved in it, and that obviously includes Ukraine, but also our partners in Europe, and, of course, the Russian side as well."
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu; editing by Ed Osmond and Kevin Liffey)
The article discusses US-led peace talks aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict through concessions from all parties.
Key issues include territory control and security guarantees for Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz are key figures in the talks.
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