Putin's aide announces US-Russia consultations on Ukraine in Riyadh

Yuri Ushakov, Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy advisor, has announced that expert groups from Russia and the United States will hold consultations on Ukraine in Riyadh on 24 March.

Source: Ushakov, quoted by Kremlin-aligned Russian media

Details: Ushakov stated that he had recently spoken with Trump's National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, discussing "the implementation of a well-known initiative concerning the security of navigation in the Black Sea".

The Russian delegation at the consultations on this issue will include Grigory Karasin,  Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, and Sergei Beseda, an advisor to the FSB director.

Beseda previously headed the FSB’s 5th Service, also known as the Service for Operational Information and International Relations. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this service, under Beseda’s leadership, was responsible for gathering intelligence on Ukraine.

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