The Wall Street Journal quoted insiders as saying about the results of consultations, which were held on Saturday in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine reportedly agreed to resume negotiations with Russia during these talks. The WSJ also reported that Ukraine expressed its willingness to engage in peace talks with Russian delegates, without requiring Russia to withdraw its military presence from the territories that Kiev considers its historical lands.
Yet later Zelensky’s office has denied willingness for peace talks without a demand for troop withdrawal. According to the source, Ukraine has not conceded a single point of the president’s “peace formula”.
Following the Jeddah talks, the participating countries did not submit a final declaration, citing the fact that the event was purely consultative in nature.