U.S. and Russia expected to make joint statement following talks focused on Black Sea ceasefire deal

The U.S. and Russia are anticipated to launch a joint assertion Tuesday morning after discussions in Saudi Arabia aimed toward attaining a Black Sea maritime ceasefire deal, sources conversant in the matter advised CBS News. 

The assertion was scheduled to be out at 4 a.m. in Washington, D.C., and 11 a.m. in Moscow, two of the sources stated. 

Whereas the small print of the assertion weren’t instantly clear, studies shared with the Trump administration from the U.S. technical workforce in Riyadh appeared optimistic, the sources stated. 

Ukrainian officers have additionally been briefed, one of many sources stated.

French information company AFP studies a Ukrainian supply says Ukrainian and U.S. officers had been holding one other spherical of talks in Riyadh Tuesday. “We’re nonetheless working with the People,” a member of the Ukrainian delegation advised a small group of media shops, AFP amongst them. 

A Russian negotiator advised the state TASS information company Tuesday that Moscow would proceed “helpful” talks with the U.S. over the Ukraine battle and would search to contain the U.N. and different nations, in line with AFP.

Grigory Karasin was quoted as saying, “We talked about every part, it was an intense dialogue, not simple, however very helpful for us and the People,” including that “a number of issues had been mentioned” throughout 12 hours of negotiations in a luxurious lodge.

A earlier deal brokered by the U.N. and Turkey, which Russia exited in 2023, had allowed for maritime delivery within the Black Sea, permitting each nations to export grain.

U.S. officers assembly with Russian officers embrace the State Division’s Michael Anton and the White Home Nationwide Safety Council’s Andrew Peek.

Nationwide Safety Advisor Mike Waltz stated Sunday on “Face The Nation with Margaret Brennan” {that a} ceasefire on aerial infrastructure went into impact instantly after President Trump’s name with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Subsequent on the agenda was a maritime ceasefire to permit the motion of grain, gas, and different items, he stated.   

“After which we’ll discuss the road of management, which is the precise entrance strains, and that will get into the small print of verification mechanisms, peacekeeping, freezing the strains the place they’re. After which, in fact, the broader and everlasting peace,” Waltz stated.

Though separate talks have been ongoing between U.S. officers and each Ukrainian and Russian officers, the 2 warring nations proceed to launch assaults at one another.