00:00Zelensky says Ukrainian and US officials will meet in Saudi on Monday and we just
00:06also heard there from Stewart that separate talks will be happening there
00:11with Russian officials. Do you think this is a real step forward to the fact
00:17that everyone will be in the same place at the same time? It's a positive sign
00:23do you think? Absolutely, nobody should underestimate the amount of work which
00:28is required in achieving an agreement even for a temporary end to the fighting
00:36in a difficult conflict like this. So getting the parties together in
00:43Saudi Arabia is a major development. Now of course there are lots of doubts as to
00:49whether there is willingness on all sides particularly on the Russian side
00:53to go ahead with a meaningful agreement but to give the best opportunity of
00:57getting there then definitely having the Ukrainians accessible to discuss the
01:03details is really important. I think the very fact that even now we don't know
01:06exactly what the parameters of that temporary ceasefire agreement might be
01:11underlines the importance of having all parties accessible.
