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Ukraine will send a delegation to Riyadh on the same day the U.S. is holding ceasefire negotiations there with a Russian delegation. President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, confirmed that the U.S.-Russia talks are scheduled for Monday in Riyadh.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the delegation would meet with US representatives and supply a list of energy infrastructure that would be off-limits for strikes by the Russian military. After talks with Ukranian team, the US representatives would meet the Russian negotiating team, - Zelenskyy said on Thursday.
The talks will be "mainly to study the prospects for the possible implementation of a well-known initiative related to the safety of navigation in the Black Sea," Ushakov said in a statement. He confirmed that it was discussed with U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz at the phone conversation following the last Trump-Putin talks.
Ushakov said that the talks in Riyadh on 24th March will be bilateral.
Russia will be represented by Grigory Karasin, a former diplomat who is now chair of the Federation Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sergei Beseda, an adviser to the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
U.S. President Donald Trump said there was an "all-day negotiation" on Tuesday with Iran, characterising the talks positively while also threatening to hit Iran "really hard" if a deal was not reached.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, two key maritime chokepoints in the region, decreased significantly from the previous day, according to shipping data.
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Kazakhstan’s main oil export corridor was disrupted by drone strikes near Russia’s Black Sea coast in July, forcing a temporary suspension of crude loadings and raising fresh concerns over the vulnerability of regional energy infrastructure to the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the country's ambassadors to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and several other countries. The removals came after a speech on Monday in which he said embassies would be judged on their effectiveness in securing weapons for Ukraine.
Uzbek exporters say repeated disruptions to Wildberries' logistics network in Russia have slowed deliveries and affected overseas sales, prompting the government to hold talks with the online marketplace's management.
Tajikistan tripled fuel imports from neighbouring Central Asian countries in July after deliveries from Russia declined sharply, underscoring how disruptions to Russian exports are prompting governments across the region to seek alternative suppliers.
Morocco has expressed its readiness to work with Spain and other European partners to identify and return unaccompanied minors following the mass arrival of tens of thousands of migrants Ceuta last week.
Three students and three teachers are among the dead following a school shooting in Thailand, with at least 15 injured, according to Royal Thai Police.
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