Russia, US manage to raise numerous issues at Riyadh talks, negotiator Karasin says
Baku, March 25, AZERTAC
The meeting held between the Russian and US teams of experts in the Saudi capital on Monday was complex but useful for the two countries, as they managed to discuss multiple issues, Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, who took part in the negotiations, told TASS.
"[We] discussed everything, and the dialogue was detailed and complex but quite useful for us and for the Americans," the senator recounted. "We discussed numerous issues," he added.
On Monday, Russia and the United States held more than 12-hour-long talks to discuss resolving the Ukraine conflict. A source in the Russian delegation told TASS that the two sides had formulated a joint statement. The Kremlin and the White House are expected to release the document on March 25. The participants in the meeting did not comment on any results.
Senator Karasin and Advisor to the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Sergey Beseda represented Russia at the negotiations. The US delegation included Michael Anton, Director of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State, Andrew Peek, a senior director at the White House National Security Council, as well as aides to Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.
Prior to the talks, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov had said the two sides would discuss reviving the Black Sea grain initiative as a follow-up after a recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump.
