MUSCAT: The Sultanate of Oman has welcomed the statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Kingdom’s hosting talks in Riyadh between the Russian Federation and the United States of America.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Oman affirmed its support for those benign efforts aimed to promote dialogue and diplomacy to reach political solutions that achieve peace, security and stability.
Meanwhile, Russia and the United States said will name teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine, the powers decided on Tuesday in discussions that drew a rebuke from Kyiv over its exclusion.
Washington noted European nations would have to have a seat at the negotiating table "at some point", after the first high-level official Washington-Moscow talks since the 2022 war on Ukraine.
Some European leaders, alarmed by President Donald Trump's overhaul of US policy on Russia, fear Washington will make serious concessions to Moscow and re-write the continent's security arrangement in a Cold War-style deal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed his nation's exclusion from the Riyadh gathering, which lasted for more than four hours. He said that any talks aimed at ending the war should be "fair" and involve European countries, including Türkiye - which offered to host negotiations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to "appoint respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible", the State Department said.
Washington added the sides had also agreed to "establish a consultation mechanism" to address "irritants" to Russia and America's relationship, noting the sides would lay the groundwork for future cooperation. — Agencies
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