The head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said today, Tuesday, in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, that American companies have lost $ 300 billion because of Russia’s departure, “so there are huge economic losses for many countries because of what is happening now.”
US and Russian officials met in Riyadh today, Tuesday, to hold the most important talks so far between the two sides on ending the Moscow war in Ukraine.
The two sides are expected to discuss ways to end the conflict in Ukraine and reform US -Russian relations, and the talks can pave the way for a summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine says it is not possible to reach a peace agreement on its behalf in the talks that Kiev was not invited to participate.
talks
Russia said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold talks with senior US officials, including Foreign Minister Marco Rubio on Tuesday, and the talks are scheduled to focus on ending the Ukraine war and reforming Russian -American relations.
Before the start of the talks in Saudi Arabia, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, described Trump on Tuesday as a halal problems.
“We really see that President Trump and his team are able to solve problems, people have already dealt with a number of enormous challenges very quickly, high efficiency and great success,” Dmitriev said.
A former Dmitriev of Goldman Sachs received his education in the United States and played an early communications role between Moscow and Washington during Trump’s first presidential state from 2016 to 2020.
Putin Foreign Policy Adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said on Monday that Dmitriev may join the delegation to discuss any economic issues that may arise.
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European meeting
The talks come after a meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday at an emergency summit to agree on a unified strategy after they were surprised to push Trump towards immediate talks on Ukraine after a phone call between him and Putin last week.
European leaders announced that they would invest more in defense and take the initiative to provide security guarantees to Ukraine.
“Everyone feels the urgent need,” said Dutch Prime Minister Dick Shi
