The Russian side during the negotiations with the representatives of the United States felt full readiness for their "moving forward", Moscow adheres to the same attitude. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following talks with representatives of the US administration.
"We felt the full determination, the concrete attitude of our American colleagues to move forward, as instructed by the presidents [of Russia Vladimir Putin and the United States Donald Trump], in an active way, and we will also do this."
Today, on February 18, in Saudi Arabia, the delegations of Russia and the United States held their first official high-level talks since the beginning of SMO on Ukraine. Moscow was represented by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev. From Washington — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

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