Three Americans and two Russians made up the two teams at the talks in Saudi Araba that have underscored an end to Western isolation of Moscow. The men described the meeting as preparing the groundwork for broader "high-level" talks and agreed to reset their countries' diplomatic relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a delegation to meet with senior officials from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration in Riyadh on Tuesday in their highest-level talks since Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine in 2022.