[UPDATE] Following Munich Summit, US-Russia Diplomacy Set to Kick Off in Riyadh

High-level Russian-US talks have kicked off in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh. The meeting started without preliminaries and handshakes in the presence of the press.

The members of the delegations are seated around a large rectangular table. The Russian side is seated on the right and the American side on the left. From the Russian side, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov are at the negotiating table. Opposite them are three US negotiators: President Donald Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the US leader’s special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

[UPDATE] Russia-US talks in Riyadh come to end after 4.5 hours of discussions