United States and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending Moscow’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with USVice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday, said Ukraine was not invited to the talks in Saudi Arabia and Kyiv would not engage with Russia before consulting with strategic partners.

US Representative Michael McCaul said that the United States’ Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Saudi Arabia.

It was not immediately clear who they would meet from Russia.

McCaul, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said the aim of the talks was to arrange a meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskiy to finally bring peace and end this conflict.

The US State Department has not yet commented on the development.

Recall that Trump, who took office on January 20, has repeatedly vowed to swiftly end the Ukraine war.

He made separate phone calls to Putin and Zelensky on Wednesday, leaving Washington’s European allies alarmed that they will be cut out of any peace process.