Former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin, who heads the Russian delegation, said that negotiations between Russia and the United States will continue with the participation of the international community, including the UN and individual countries. Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Serhiy Leshchenko commented on this statement and explained why it is beneficial for the Kremlin to involve the UN, reports UNN.
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Leshchenko commented on the statement of the Russian side that they want to involve the UN and individual countries in negotiations with the US.
These are not our negotiations, we cannot influence their format. We could not want to see Beseda (head of the Russian negotiating team - ed.) and did not want to see someone else, but these are negotiations between Russia and the United States and who they involve is their business
Leshchenko believes that if Russia wants to see the UN during negotiations, it means that they have leverage over the organization.
I can only say that it has some leverage over the UN if it wants to influence through them. We understand what these leverages are - it is the right of veto in the Security Council, and if they stop decisions they don't like through the UN Security Council, then we understand that this will make the negotiation process much more difficult or impossible, because we have already gone through this many times
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According to TASS, former Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Senator Grigory Karasin, who heads the Russian delegation, said that negotiations between the Russian Federation and the United States will continue with the participation of the international community, including the UN and individual countries.
He stated that the dialogue at the negotiations of expert groups from Russia and the United States, which took place on Monday in the capital of Saudi Arabia, was difficult, but useful for the two countries.
"We will continue to do this, involving the international community, primarily the United Nations and individual countries. In general, the impression remained of such a constructive dialogue, which is necessary and necessary. The Americans are also interested in this," he claims.
Russian media report that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not specify which countries could be involved in negotiations between Russia and the United States.
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The Kremlin stated that the negotiations between Russia and the United States in Er-Riyad were technical and their results will not be published.
The US team spent more than 12 hours negotiating with their Russian counterparts on the same issues on Monday after meeting with Ukrainians on Sunday.
AFP reported that a Ukrainian-American meeting ended in Er-Riyad after negotiations on the eve of the US and Russian delegations.