His special envoy White House For the Middle East, Steve Whitkov He said today that he would go to Saudi Arabia later today with US National Security Advisor Mike Valts to have talks with a Russian official about the end of the war in Ukraine.

It was the first confirmation of official lips for these talks in the Sunni kingdom, following recent reports on this issue.

“I’m going to go tonight,” Whitkov said of his trip to an interview with Fox News. “I will go there with the National Security Advisor and we will have meetings under the president’s instructions and hope we will record some really good progress.”

The upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia will be one of the first high -level face -to -face talks between Russian and US officials for years. They are intended to prepare the ground for a summit of US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian leaders and officials in other European countries have publicly expressed their frustration and discomfort that the US government Trump has excluded them from some negotiations with the Russians.

Ukrainian officials said they were not invited to this meeting in Saudi Arabia, with Kiev saying that it would not be committed to any agreement resulting from any discussions in Riyadh.

Whitkov disagreed that the Ukrainians were cut off from talks with the Russians. In an interview with FOX, he stressed that Ukrainian officials met with high -ranking US officials during the Munich Conference on Security at the weekend. However, he did not say whether the Ukrainians were invited to meetings in Saudi Arabia.

“I don’t think anyone is excluding,” said the White House Special Envoy for the Middle East. “In fact, this is a inclusion of everyone,” he added.

Yesterday Republican MP Michael Macol said that US Secretary of State Marko Rubio, Valts and Whitkov will travel to Saudi Arabia to have peace talks about the Ukrainian.

The 6 US Questions to Europeans

Washington has sent European governments to questions about what the US would need to provide Ukraine security guarantees.

In the document, consisting of six points and questions, the US also ask, among other things which countries could contribute to guarantees, (which) would be willing to develop troops in Ukraine in the context of a peaceful settlement, and the size of a possible power under European leadership.

A State Department spokesman stressed that Washington “became clear that she was expecting European partners to take over the establishment of a stable security framework and look forward to their proposals.”

Here are the questions sent by the US according to a document that came to the knowledge of Reuters.

1) What do you consider as Europe -supported by security guarantees or safeguards that act as a sufficient deterrent to Russia, while ensuring that this war is ended with a constant peace settlement?

2) Which European and/or third countries do you think they could or would participate in such a settlement?

Are there countries that you think (their participation) is essential?

Would it be ready for your country to develop its own army in Ukraine in the context of a peacekeeping settlement?

3) If third -country military forces are deployed in Ukraine under a peace agreement, what would you consider to be the necessary size of such a leadership of Europe?

How and where will these forces grow and for how long?

4) What actions by the US, allies and partners should they prepare to take if Russia attacks these forces?

5) What, if any, US support requirements would consider your government necessary to participate in these security arrangements?

Specifically, what short -term and long -term resources do you think will be required by the US?

6) What additional capabilities, equipment and maintenance options are your government to provide Ukraine to improve its negotiating position and increase pressure on Russia?

What is the most willing to do your government to increase its sanctions in Russia, including the stricter imposition of sanctions and the best third -country targeting worldwide that provide facilities in Russia?