US to carry oblique talks in Saudi Arabia with Russian and Ukrainian representatives, Kellogg says

The U.S. plans to carry oblique talks between Russia and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia to know both sides's situations, Particular Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg introduced on March 20.

The talks will contain “shuttle diplomacy,” with Russian and Ukrainian representatives current in separate rooms.

"You principally say, 'Okay. What are your phrases?' And also you go to the opposite aspect, 'What are your phrases?' It's principally shuttle diplomacy between rooms in Riyadh, and that's the place they’re. After which we'll see the place we will get to a complete ceasefire, and that might be step one to ending this battle," Kellogg mentioned throughout a Glenn Beck interview.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed {that a} Ukrainian contact group will meet with U.S. representatives someday this week to debate a brief ceasefire and prioritize defending civilian infrastructure.

Separate negotiations between the U.S. and Russia are scheduled for March 24, adopted by U.S.-Ukraine negotiations on the identical day.

The upcoming consultations in Riyadh will embody Russian officers Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Worldwide Affairs, and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).

The Ukrainian representatives haven’t but been formally introduced.

Ukrainian and U.S. delegations final met in Saudi Arabia on March 11, the place Ukraine agreed to a U.S. proposal for an entire ceasefire. Russia didn’t agree to a whole ceasefire, and Russian missile and drone assaults in opposition to Ukraine have continued.

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