NEW YORK, March 20. /TASS/. The United States aims to hold indirect talks in Riyadh this week between technical teams from Russia and the Kiev authorities to address the conflict in Ukraine, US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, who will oversee Washington's contacts with Vladimir Zelensky and the Ukrainian leadership, said in an interview with The Glenn Beck Program.
"In this week, we're putting what we call <...> technical teams in what are called proximity talks in Saudi Arabia, where both sides come in, they're kept in separate rooms, and you basically say, ‘Okay, what are your terms?’ And you turn to the other side, ‘What are your terms?’" Kellogg stated. "You kind of do it, basically, shuttle diplomacy between rooms in Riyadh," he added.
Earlier, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said that the Russian delegation for the expert group consultations with the United States, scheduled for March 24, would be headed by Senator Grigory Karasin and adviser to FSB Director Sergey Beseda. He specified that the discussion would focus on the Black Sea initiative.