Top Russian and U.S. officials to meet in Riyadh over Ukraine war

Top U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, officials said, as Washington and Moscow race to advance President Donald Trump’s bid to broker an end to the conflict and, potentially, conclude a long period of frigid relations.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who will lead Russia’s delegation for talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top American officials, said the time had come for the United States and Russia to put an “absolutely abnormal period” of estrangement behind them. “We want to listen to our partners,” Lavrov told reporters Monday in Moscow.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the talks in Saudi Arabia would lay the groundwork for a planned summit between Trump and President Vladimir Putin.

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