United States and Russian negotiators meeting in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, have concluded a 12-hour round of talks aimed at securing a partial ceasefire in Ukraine.
The Russian state news agency TASS reported that Monday’s negotiations had drawn to a close after “more than 12 hours of consultations” with a “joint statement” on results expected on Tuesday.
After the talks with Russia, US officials are to hold more talks with Ukrainian negotiators, according to a senior Ukrainian government source cited by the news agency Reuters.
US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to seal a US-Ukraine revenue-sharing deal on critical Ukrainian minerals soon and his administration was talking to Kyiv about the prospect of US firms owning Ukrainian power plants.