America's top diplomat met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Monday, ahead of holding talks with a Ukrainian delegation for talks on ending the three-year war with Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman agreed on the importance of upholding their OPEC+ commitments and discussed moves to bring peace to Ukraine during a phone call,

The prince wants Saudi Arabia to be a middleman in peace talks. Ukraine’s leader said they’d discussed “steps and conditions needed to end the war.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed efforts to achieve "sustainable fair, and comprehensive" peace in Ukraine, according to a joint statement published on Tuesday by the Saudi state news agency (SPA).

Vladimir Putin engaged in a telephone conversation with Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, negotiations between the USA and Ukraine took place in Saudi Arabia, concluding with Kyiv accepting Washington's proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.