Next US-Russia talks to take place on March 23 or early next week: Kremlin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump last spoke by phone on March 18.
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MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on March 20 that the next US-Russia talks could take place on March 23 or early next week, as Washington is also due to hold talks with Kyiv in Saudi Arabia in the coming days.
US President Donald Trump spoke to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier this week
“It may not be Sunday (March 23) itself, the nuances are being agreed. It could be the start, the very start, of next week,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A day earlier, Mr Zelensky said Kyiv and the US were preparing to meet in the “coming days” in Saudi Arabia.
It was unclear if US officials would meet both the Ukrainian and Russian teams on the same day, or if there was a possibility of three-way talks that would involve Kyiv and Moscow talking face-to-face.
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said on March 19 that “technical teams” from Russia and the US would meet in Riyadh “to focus on implementing and expanding the partial ceasefire President Trump secured from Russia”.
Mr Putin turned down a US-proposed unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine, agreeing only to a 30-day halt in strikes on energy infrastructure
