RUSSIA, US MANAGE TO RAISE NUMEROUS ISSUES AT RIYADH TALKS, NEGOTIATOR KARASIN SAYS

MOSCOW, March 25 (Bernama-TASS) -- The meeting held between the Russian and United States (US) teams of experts in the Saudi capital on Monday was complex but useful for the two countries, as they managed to discuss multiple issues, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin told Russian News Agency (TASS).

Senator Karasin and Adviser to the Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Sergey Beseda represented Russia at the negotiations.

"[We] discussed everything, and the dialogue was detailed and complex but quite useful for us and for the Americans," the senator recounted. "We discussed numerous issues," he added.

On Monday, Russia and the United States held more than 12-hour-long talks to discuss resolving the Ukraine conflict.

A source in the Russian delegation told TASS that the two sides had formulated a joint statement. The Kremlin and the White House are expected to release the document on March 25.

The participants in the meeting did not comment on any results.

The US delegation included Director of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State, Michael Anton, a senior director at the White House National Security Council Andrew Peek, as well as aides to Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

Prior to the talks, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov had said the two sides would discuss reviving the Black Sea grain initiative as a follow-up after a recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump.

-- BERNAMA-TASS