(11 Mar 2025)
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 11 March 2025
1. Various of head of Ukrainian Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak (right) and Ukrainian Minister of Defence, Rustem Umerov (left), speaking to journalists
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian Presidential Office:
"Look, I think that the expectation of Russia, it’s not just from Ukraine, I think from today’s, this joint statement, this (is the) expectation of the world. Russia needs to say very clearly, they want peace or not? They want (to) end this war which they started or not? And this is today, the position of Ukraine (it) was absolutely clear, it’s absolutely understandable and now it’s important that the people in the world will understand because this war, it’s created many crises and this is make the (has had an) influence to all the world. And, you know, it’s important that all the people in the world will understand who wants peace."
3. Close of Yermak and Umerov speaking to journalists
4. Mid of media
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian Presidential Office:
"Today, Ukraine once again, how we demonstrated all these three years, how we (are) fighting for our independence, our freedom, today we demonstrated to all the world that we want a peace. We are ready to (for) peace, for a just and lasting peace. This is very important. I think it’s a really important day because, you know, three years is a long period of time. And for the people in the world, it’s necessary once again to understand (it was) not Ukraine (which) started this war, but Ukraine (is) ready for just and lasting peace."
6. Various of Yermak and Umerov speaking to journalists
7. Mid of flags
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia said their high-level talks with the U.S. on Tuesday demonstrated Kyiv is ready for peace.
"Today we demonstrated to all the world that we want a peace. We are ready for peace, for a just and lasting peace," Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian Presidential Office who led the Ukrainian delegation, said after the talks in Jeddah.
The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signalled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, pending Moscow’s agreement, officials said.
The administration’s decision marked a sharp shift from only a week ago, when it imposed the measures to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter talks to end the war with invading Russian forces.
Yermak said it was now up to Russia to show the world that they too were ready for peace.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who led the U.S. delegation to the talks in Jeddah, said Washington would present the ceasefire offer to the Kremlin, which has thus far opposed anything short of a permanent end to the conflict without accepting any concessions.
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