• Saudi capital to host delegations of experts from Washington, Moscow and Kyiv

MOSCOW: Three-way talks to advance the process of ending the war in Ukraine will resume in Riyadh next week, officials said on Thursday.

Delegations from the US and Russia will negotiate “initiatives” regarding the safety of shipping in the Black Sea discussed this week by their presidents, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Yuri Ushakov said.

Ushakov said he had confirmed the meetings in Saudi Arabia with US national security adviser Mike Waltz. Both agreed to send “expert groups” for the talks, he said.

I had a positive, very substantive, and frank conversation with President of the United States Donald Trump @POTUS. I thanked him for a good and productive start to the work of the Ukrainian and American teams in Jeddah on March 11—this meeting of the teams significantly helped… pic.twitter.com/JFBd5EeIkg

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 19, 2025

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said a delegation from Kyiv would be present at the talks involving the US and Russia, but would not be in the same room as the Russian delegation.

“There will be technical teams present there,” Zelenskiy said during a visit to Norway. “I understand that the structure is the following: there will be a meeting of Ukraine and America and then some shuttle diplomacy, as our American colleagues said, America with Russia.”

AFP