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Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul says the Trump administration is making a mistake
by by meeting with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine
and Europe on board.
It's a mistake.
It's symbolically a mistake.
There should be talks with our colleagues in Ukraine first, substantial talks,
not just the kind of episodic conversations they've had, including in Munich second.
We should talk to our European allies first,
and then we should go to a meeting with the Russians with a consolidated agreed position.
Top US And Russian officials,
including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Our meeting at the SOUR in Riyadh.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will not recognize any agreements
without Ukraine at the table.
And European leaders held emergency talks in Paris