US Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and US President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East are to participate in negotiations, Kommersant has said
Ukraine talks including US—Russia delegations are to take place in in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, next Tuesday Kommersant newspaper wrote Sunday.
The Washington Post has previously reported senior US officials are scheduled to meet with their Russian counterparts in Riyadh next week.
According to Kommersant, the American side is expected to include Secretary of State Mark Rubio, US National Security Advisor Mike Walz, and US President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
Senior officials from US President Donald Trump’s administration will start peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Saudi Arabia in the coming days, Politico reported on Saturday citing sources familiar with the plan. Waltz, Rubio, and Witkoff will travel to Saudi Arabia, the report said. However, the special envoy for Ukraine-Russia talks, Keith Kellogg, is not attending, according to the report.
Bloomberg has also claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump could meet in Saudi Arabia by the end of this month. The US delegation is likely to be comprised of national security advisers who are presumably tasked with securing a date for the top-level meeting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts this year on February 28, according to the report.
All the reports come just days after Trump and Putin held a phone conversation, which marked the first known direct interaction between the US and Russian heads of state since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. The two presidents agreed to continue dialogue and arrange in-person meetings in a third country as well as state visits going forward.
All the reports come just days after Trump and Putin held a phone conversation, which marked the first known direct interaction between the US and Russian heads of state since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. The two presidents agreed to continue dialogue and arrange in-person meetings in a third country as well as state visits going forward.
Speaking to the press hours after his phone call with Putin on Wednesday, President Trump stated that he and his Russian counterpart would “probably” meet in Saudi Arabia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in return, has confirmed that Riyadh was mentioned in the conversation between Russian and US leaders as a possible location for the summit. At the same time, the Kremlin official noted that there is no final decision concerning where they would meet yet.
Speaking to the press hours after his phone call with Putin on Wednesday, President Trump stated that he and his Russian counterpart would “probably” meet in Saudi Arabia.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, in return, has confirmed that Riyadh was mentioned in the conversation between Russian and US leaders as a possible location for the summit. At the same time, the Kremlin official noted that there is no final decision concerning where they would meet yet.
