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The two sides in Riyadh agreed to set up high-level working groups to begin exploring a negotiated end to the conflict. It was not immediately clear when these teams would first meet, but both said it would be soon.

On concessions that may need to be made by all sides, Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said the issue of territory and security guarantees would be among the subjects discussed.

Rubio said a high-level team will begin to engage with the Russian side on “parameters of what an end to this conflict would look like”.

On the issue of a prospective peacekeeping mission to monitor a potential ceasefire in Ukraine, Lavrov said Moscow would not accept any troops from NATO members, repeating its assertion that Ukraine‘s bid to join the Western military alliance poses a major security issue.

Lavrov said: “We explained that the deployment of troops from the countries that are NATO members, even if they are deployed under the EU or national flags, will not change anything and will certainly be unacceptable for us.”