Russia-US talks: Senior Russian and US officials are set to meet for high-stakes talks on mending bilateral ties to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine, and preparing for a potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, the Kremlin announced on Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, later in the day for the talks scheduled on Tuesday (February 18). Leading the US delegation will be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, joined by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and national security adviser Mike Waltz, as confirmed by Witkoff in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
Peskov said the talks will be primarily focused on “restoring the entire complex of US-Russian relations, as well as preparing possible talks on the Ukrainian settlement and organising a meeting of the two presidents.”
