The United States and Ukraine will negotiate in Saudi Arabia. Axios and Fox News cited unnamed sources, according to which the delegations of Ukraine and the United States will hold a meeting in Riyadh on March 12.
A Fox News correspondent writes that the US side will be attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Walz and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and the Ukrainian side - by the head of the presidential administration Andriy Yermak. The US delegation will leave for Riyadh on Tuesday, she said.
Yermak announced the previous day about his conversation with Walz and the upcoming meeting with administration officials.
The Ukrainian delegation will be led by the head of the presidential administration, Andriy Yermak, and may include Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, the agency's source said.
President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, confirmed to reporters that he plans to travel to Saudi Arabia to meet with the Ukrainian delegation.
"We are currently in talks to coordinate a meeting with the Ukrainians in Riyadh or possibly in Jeddah," AFP quoted Witkoff as saying. "The idea is to finalize the framework for a peace agreement and an initial ceasefire.".
He did not specify a date for the meeting. However, an anonymous Ukrainian source told AFP that it would be held in Riyadh on Tuesday, March 11.
It was previously reported that it would be held on March 12 and that the American side would be attended by Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Walz, and from the Ukrainian side by the head of the presidential office Andriy Yermak, the BBC specified.
Officially, Witkoff is a special envoy for the Middle East, but this is not the first time that he has participated in negotiations related to the war in Ukraine. In particular, he participated in a meeting with the Russian delegation in Riyadh on February 18.