The United States and Russia agreed on four principles following talks that lasted more than four hours in Saudi Arabia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday, writes CNN.

They are:

“To reestablish the functionality of our respective missions in Washington and Moscow. For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally”.

“We’re going to appoint a high-level team from our end to help negotiate and work through the end of the conflict in Ukraine in a way that’s enduring and acceptable to all the parties engaged”.

“To begin to discuss and think about and examine both the geopolitical and economic cooperation that could result from an end to the conflict in Ukraine”.

“The five of us that were here today… are going to remain engaged in this process to make sure that it’s moving along in a productive way”.

The five people Rubio referred to were himself, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, as well as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

What Russia is saying: Lavrov said talks with US officials on Tuesday in Riyadh were “useful”.

“I think the conversation was very useful. We not only listened, but also heard each other”, Lavrov said Tuesday. He also said he told US diplomats in Riyadh that if Ukraine joined NATO that would pose a “direct threat” to Russian sovereignty.