India, Feb. 19 -- The United States and Russia held a high-level meeting in Riyadh on Wednesday, agreeing to work towards ending the Ukraine war and establishing better diplomatic and economic ties. The meeting comes at a time when the conflict in Ukraine is nearing its three-year anniversary.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia's minister of foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov attested to this after the meeting.

After the meeting, Rubio told AP that the Russia and US agreed to focus on and achieve three main goals- restoring staffing at their respective embassies in both countries, creating a high-level team to work toward Ukraine peace talks, and exploring closer relations and economic cooperation.

Lavrov also called the conversat...