Ukraine will not participate in negotiations in Saudi Arabia and will not recognize any agreements regarding Ukraine without Ukraine’s involvement. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this to Interfax-Ukraine when commenting on the talks in Saudi Arabia between representatives of russia and the United States.
"Ukraine knew nothing about this. And Ukraine considers any negotiations about Ukraine without Ukraine as ones that yield no results. We cannot recognize any matters or any agreements about us without us. And we will not recognize such agreements", - Zelensky said.
The president believes that these negotiations have a bilateral track, "and they have the right to do so if they have bilateral issues". Zelensky added that such discussions had been mentioned before, but only now have they "started to be spoken about publicly".
According to the president, his official visit to Saudi Arabia, which is scheduled for tomorrow, "has no connection to what is happening in Saudi Arabia at the level of representatives of the United States and russia".
The head of the Ukrainian state added that he would ask the Crown Prince, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, about the negotiations.
The president also stated that during his visit, he would raise the issue of lowering oil prices and believes that U.S. President Donald Trump could make this happen.
"I don’t know who might be able to lower prices. I believe that President Trump has the greatest resources for this, that he is the strongest in this area of energy and has control over it. And I think that if he sets a goal, he will succeed", - Zelensky added.
It should be noted that russia sent Lavrov and putin’s aide to the negotiations with the U.S.