In the Riyad, negotiations of delegations of the Russian Federation and the United States on Ukrainian settlement began. The information is confirmed by the Saudi media, mainly the news channel Al-Arabia.
Representatives of Russia and the United States began negotiations on resolving the conflict in Ukraine, TASS was told by a source close to the Russian delegation.
The Russian delegation is headed by the chairman of the Committee of the Council of the Russian Federation for International Affairs Grigory Karasin and the adviser to the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation Sergey Conversation.
The candidates of the negotiators were personally proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said earlier.
Assistant President of Russia Yuri Ushakov described Russian representatives as “experienced negotiators” who are well oriented in international problems.
The American side is represented by the director of the US State Department, Michael Anton, as well as assistants to a special messenger in Ukraine, Keith Kellogue and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
The negotiations on March 24, the hotel The Ritz-Carlton.