U.S. and Russian officials wrapped up day-long talks on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a ceasefire at sea between Kyiv and Moscow, part of a diplomatic effort that Washington hopes will help pave the way for broader peace negotiations, IPN reports, with reference to Reuters.

The White House said the aim of the talks is to reach a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping, though the area has not been the location of intense military operations in recent months.

The source said that Washington notes progress in the talks held in Riyadh and that it expects a positive announcement in the near future.

In a briefing on Tuesday morning, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the results of the negotiations in Riyadh were reported to Moscow and Washington, and that they are being analyzed. He noted that the parties will not make public the content of the talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia, as the consultations were technical in nature, according to the Russian news agency TASS.

The Kremlin’s spokesman also said that the Russian Federation and the U.S. keep in touch.

The American side was represented by Andrew Peek, a senior director at the White House National Security Council, and Michael Anton, a senior State Department official.

The Russian delegation included Grigory Karasin, chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the director of the Federal Security Service.

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