March 24, 2025 (EIRNS)—U.S. and Russian technical delegations met for several hours behind closed doors today, but no public statements were produced. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that no documents were expected to come out of the talks. The Russian delegation was led by Senator Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, and Sergey Beseda, Advisor to the Director of the Federal Security Service. The U.S. delegation is led by Andrew Peek, a senior director at the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a senior State Department official. Assistants to Keith Kellogg, special envoy for Ukraine, and Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor, also participated.
The U.S.-Russia meeting followed the U.S.-Ukraine meeting the day before, also in Riyadh. “We are implementing the president of Ukraine’s directive to bring a just peace closer and to strengthen security,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, who was a member of the Kiev delegation, said on Facebook, adding that Sunday’s agenda on March 23 includes proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure, reported Bloomberg. “Today, we’re working through a number of complex technical issues—our delegation includes energy experts as well as military representatives from the naval and air components,” Umerov said.
