Ukraine Russia Online: Russia considers talks with the US in Riyadh as intense and useful

Negotiations with the US about Ukraine in Riyadh were not easyBut they were useful for both countries, one of the Russian negotiators said.

Senator Grigorij Karasin expressed interest in the negotiations to participate in the UN. Karasin said that both parties managed to assess « many problems » but did not mention specific topics of Monday’s talks, Kommersant said.

« Everything was judged. It was an extensive, but not a simple dialogue, but very useful for us and Americans. We discussed many problems. Of course we did not solve everything, not everything, but it seems to me that the negotiations came at the right time due to the arrival of the new administration (USA) and new politicians. »

« We will continue (in the negotiations), with the involvement of the international community, especially the UN and the individual countries. In general, the impression of a constructive dialogue that is needed is generally remained. Americans are also interested in it, » added the Russian senator, who – as AFP recalled – was a professional diplomat.

Monday negotiations between the Russian and the American delegation lasted more than 12 hours. According to Kremlin, Moscow was represented by Karasin, chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Federation Council, ie the Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament, and advisor to the director of the Russian secret service FSB Sergei Besed.

According to CBS News, American-Russian negotiations in Riyadh are also positively evaluated by a US delegation. Unnamed sources said « messages from the American technical team in Riyadh shared with the US administration looked optimistic ».

According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov from Monday, negotiations were to focus primarily on the recovery of the 2022 agreement on the safe transport of Ukrainian agricultural products through the Black Sea. (CTK)