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(From left) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, the Russian president's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting together at Riyadh's Diriyah Palace on February 18, 2025. —AFP

US, Russian officials begin meeting in Riyadh

February 18, 2025 01:06 p.m

RIYADH: US and Russian diplomats began meeting Tuesday in Riyadh, journalists said, with talks expected to focus on resetting their fractured relations and making a tentative start on trying to end the Ukraine war.

The delegations, led by their top diplomats, met at Diriyah Palace in the Saudi capital for the first discussions of this level and format since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.—AFP

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