Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did discuss the conflict in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
"The topic of the conflict was touched upon. We have nothing more to comment on this," Peskov said, answering a question about whether any specific proposals and initiatives to resolve the Ukrainian conflict were expressed during the conversation.
On Wednesday, the Kremlin said that Putin held a telephone conversation with Mohammed bin Salman and discussed OPEC+ cooperation, as well as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Later, the Saudi state agency SPA reported that the leaders also discussed efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
Russian President Vladimir Putin personally oversees all the issues in the Ukrainian direction, there is no special envoy for this matter, Dmitry Peskov said.
"Putin personally oversees this direction. The special military operation is underway, and he is the supreme commander. We do not have any special envoys," Peskov told reporters, answering a corresponding question about whether the Kremlin plans to introduce a post of special envoy for negotiations on the Ukrainian conflict.
Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, Moscow has said many times that it was ready to negotiate with Ukraine. Russian and Ukrainian delegations held several rounds of peace talks in the early days of the conflict, but the negotiations failed, with Kiev legislating a ban on further peace talks.