The White House commented on the negotiations between the delegations of Russia and the United States

Negotiations of the United States with the delegations of Russia and Ukraine is going very well, a positive statement is expected soon, Reuters reports, citing a source in the White House.

"Negotiations conducted by technical groups of the administration (of US President Donald Trump) Trump's visit to Riyadh is going very well… We expect that a positive statement will be made in the near future," the agency quoted the source as saying.

A round of negotiations between the Ukrainian delegation and the United States was held in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

At the same time, negotiations between Russia and the United States took place in Riyadh on Monday. Russia was represented at the meeting by Grigory Karasin, head of the International Committee of the Federation Council, and Sergey Beseda, adviser to the FSB Director. It was assumed that the negotiations would be devoted to the nuances of a possible resumption of the initiative concerning the safety of navigation in the Black Sea, which was discussed during the last telephone contact of the presidents Russia and the USA Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.