Saudi Arabia welcomed on Friday the chance to host a meeting between the U.S. and Ukraine next week, its foreign ministry said, adding that the kingdom would continue to do its utmost to help end the Ukraine-Russia war.

Zelenskiy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been visiting the kingdom since Monday with Ukrainian and U.S. officials set to meet for crunch talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to find a path towards ending the war.

President Volodymyr Zelensky and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met in Jeddah ahead of a high-stakes meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian officials.

U.S. and Ukrainian officials were to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks aimed at mending ties and gauging if Ukraine is willing to make concessions under President Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war with Ukraine swiftly.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed a few hours apart Monday in Saudi Arabia, but did not meet.

Talks between top Ukrainian and US officials started in Jeddah, Saudia Arabia, on Tuesday in an effort to stop Russia's war against Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry in Kiev published a video on Telegram showing the Ukrainian delegation on its way to the negotiating rooms.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah on Monday, holding discussions focused on securing a lasting peace in Ukraine and strengthening bilateral economic ties,