Media: Russia and US talks may take place in one of Gulf countries

Preparations are underway for the next round of negotiations between Russia and the United States, which is scheduled for the near future and may take place in one of the Gulf countries, Report informs via CNN.

Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia, is where the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov led the first round of extraordinary talks last month, sidelining Ukraine.

CNN has learned that preparations are now underway for a second round, to be hosted shortly, potentially also in a Gulf state.

Already the Kremlin’s key economic envoy to the talks, Kirill Dmitriev, has told CNN that cooperation with the US could “include energy” deals of some kind, but no details have been announced.