RIYADH: Washington and Kyiv held transient talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Mar 25), a day after hours of US-Russia negotiations on halting the fighting in Ukraine ended with none breakthroughs introduced.
US President Donald Trump is pushing for a fast finish to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine launched greater than three years in the past, and hopes the latest round of talks in the Saudi capital will pave the best way for a ceasefire.
Kyiv had earlier this month agreed to a US-proposed unconditional ceasefire however Moscow had turned it down, with Ukraine and its European allies accusing it of not wanting peace.
“The talks are over. All particulars might be introduced later,” a Ukrainian supply advised a small group of media, together with AFP, not lengthy after saying the assembly had begun.
The negotiations between Ukrainian and American officers come after hours of Russian-US conferences that yielded no announcement on any truce.
In Moscow, the Kremlin mentioned the “content material” of its talks with the US a day earlier is not going to be made public, saying it was nonetheless “analysing” the outcomes of negotiations with the People.
“They’re being analysed,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned.
“The content material of those talks will certainly not be publicised,” he added.
The Kremlin mentioned contacts with Washington would proceed however there was no “particular” date for an additional assembly.
Late on Tuesday, Russian information businesses had reported that Russia and the US plan to launch a joint assertion on the outcomes of the talks.
There was no signal from Moscow that it will conform to any truce.
