On March, 25 U.S. Government published on White House’s sources the “Outcomes of the United States and Ukraine Expert Groups on the Black Sea in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia” and document of similar framework, that mentioned negotiations between U.S. and aggressor state.
Both texts name the negotiations as the “United States facilitated bilateral technical-level talks” and point on agreements “to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea”, agreed with the U.S. by both conflict parties.
In U.S.-Ukrainian outcomes, the U.S. stated its commitment to helping achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children.
In U.S.-Russian outcomes U.S. promised to help restore aggressor’s “access to the world market for agricultural and fertilizer exports, lower maritime insurance costs, and enhance access to ports and payment systems for such transactions”.
Both documents “welcome the good offices of third countries with a view toward supporting the implementation of the energy and maritime agreements”.
De-facto published outcomes may have significance in situation of its de-facto execution only; our experts noted that there are no mentioning on such important details as aggressor’ missile attacks against ports, Russia’s mine and drone usage, also there is no mentioning on Azov Sea and Danube as key parts of regional logistic.
Will Russia use those observations to re-dislocate its fleet to Sevastopol and other Crimea bases as its own usual perfidy, or will it manipulate the situation trying to transfer its own naval vessels to Black Sea via Straits – next events will show.
