U.S. and Russian representatives will meet for a second time at some point in the next two weeks, according to Russian state news agency RIA.
Citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the news agency reported that the meeting is expected to take place in a third country not yet specified.
“A dialogue on strategic stability and arms control is possible when we see visible shifts for the better in American policy,” Ryabkov was quoted saying. The diplomat also floated the possibility for the U.S. and Russian representatives to discuss the Middle East.
The Kremlin said earlier this week that a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump was possible as early as this month, according to media reports.
Moscow and Washington have already held talks in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war in Ukraine after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, without any European leaders present at the meeting. Earlier this week, some EU leaders gathered in Paris for emergency talks about the war in Ukraine and European security.
Last week, Russian officials were publicly delighted to see the U.S. administration’s apparent U-turn in its discourse on the Russia-Ukraine war, after Trump wrongfully accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being a “dictator.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. and Ukraine are still in talks over a proposed deal for Ukrainian rare earths and other minerals in exchange of financial support to fend off Russia, according to media reports.
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