Reportedly, the four hour meeting between officials from the u.s. and Russia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was positive and constructive according to a Russian source. According to the report, an agreement was reached to appoint ambassadors to each other’s countries as soon as possible, to lift obstacles to diplomatic missions including lifting restrictions to bank transfers to embassies, to start the process on ukrainian settlement and to appoint representatives from each country to create conditions for restarting cooperation in full.
Reportedly, Russia’s foreign minister noted that president Trump was the first of western leaders to say that encouraging Ukraine to join nato was one of president Biden’s biggest mistakes, and the absorption of Ukraine into the alliance would act as a direct threat to Russia. According to the report, he said, Any appearance by armed forces under some other flag does not change anything.
According to the report, the russian president has said if president Zelensky wants to participate in the negotiations he will send people to take part, and the kremlin say the president of Russia is preparing to meet the Ukrainian president if necessary.