March 6, 2025 (EIRNS)—Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz spoke by phone on March 5, after which Yermak said that Ukrainian and U.S. officials have agreed to meet in the near future. Today, media report that the meeting will be held March 12 in either Riyadh or Jeddah.
During yesterday’s call, Yermak said he and Waltz had “discussed further steps towards a just and lasting peace,” reported CNN. In his daily address, Zelenskyy confirmed that Kyiv and Washington were “working on the meeting” following the Yermak-Waltz call and that he hopes “to see the first results next week.”