KABUL: As part of his Middle East journey, the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, after he visited Israel, arrived in Saudi Arabia.
According to a Reuters report, Rubio is scheduled to meet with Saudi officials to discuss efforts to end the ongoing three-year conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
According to another report, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also arrived in Saudi Arabia today and has met with the officials of that country.
This comes after U.S. President Donald Trump talked with Russian President Vladimir Putin via telephone, urging the initiation of negotiations aimed at bringing an end to the conflict.