Analysis: Riyadh’s huge balancing act begins to pay off

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Analysis: Riyadh’s huge balancing act begins to pay off

Faisal’s viewWhen US President Donald Trump announced last week that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict, much of the Western political establishment was stunned. The only unsurprising detail was the venue: Saudi Arabia, which has spent a decade building strong ties with all major global powers.Preliminary talks between US and Russian officials in Riyadh on Tuesday were described as “po…

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Reuters Senior US and Russian officials, including the foreign ministers of the two countries, started talks in Riyadh on Tuesday aimed at repairing tense relations between Washington and Moscow in preparation for a possible summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in the Kingdom, according to Agence France-Presse. Footage broadcast by the Saudi Arabian channel showed the Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and the Saudi Nation…

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February 18, 2025, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Delegations from Russia and the United States held talks at the Diria Royal Family Palace in the Albasatin Complex. The parties agreed that negotiating groups from the two countries will come into contact on the settlement in Ukraine, Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian leader, said on the air of the Russian First Channel.