The State Department did not disclose the composition of the US delegation at the talks in Riyadh.

US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce on Friday, March 21, refused to disclose the composition of the American delegation at future talks in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

"I'm not going to talk about specific people in the teams. These are high—ranking officials, not directors," she told reporters at a briefing.

According to her, it is inappropriate to discuss the names of specific individuals now.

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