I am saddened that Ukraine is not involved in these talks. Europe is also being blocked from attending. I pray for peace every day. I pray for the end of the war and respect for Ukraine. I am also saddened that our allies in Europe are not involved in these talks. Read FGGAM News Director Chuck Akeley’s report on that below.
NBC News
The United States and Russia on Tuesday (2/18/2025) kicked off high-level talks marking President Donald Trump‘s reversal of American policy on Moscow, fueling fears in Kyiv and building the Kremlin’s hopes of reentering the international mainstream.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Saudi Arabia, which is mediating the talks and is itself looking to boost its credentials as a world power.
While attention in Europe was focused on the war in Ukraine, the meeting is a major turning point in Washington’s relationship with Moscow, which has been diplomatically and financially isolated since it launched its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. More Here
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