US and Russia Move to Revive Ties as Ukraine Is Cut Out
- Top teams from two governments meet in Saudi Arabia’s capital
- Meeting is first high-level talks between two sides in years
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Top officials from the US and Russia met for a first round of talks over the war in Ukraine and raised the possibility of broader cooperation, signaling President Donald Trump desire to reboot a battered relationship.
The two sides ended more than four hours of negotiations in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Tuesday with a pledge to appoint high-level teams to work toward ending the conflict “as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all sides,” the US State Department said.