US President Donald Trump thinks that he might hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin before the end of the month, TASS reported.

The US leader confirmed this to reporters after signing a number of his new executive orders in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.

"Probably," Trump said, replying to a question as to whether he intended to meet with Putin by the end of February.

Following the February 18 Russia-US talks in Riyadh, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said that the date of the meeting between Putin and Trump had not yet been set and is unlikely to take place next week. Saudi Arabia was mentioned as the potential location for the talks.

On February 18, Russia and the US held talks in Riyadh, which lasted 4.5 hours. Russia was represented at the meeting by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) head Kirill Dmitriev. The US was represented by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and the US leader’s special envoy for the Middle East Steven Witkoff.

According to Ushakov, the delegations talked at length about everything on the agenda, including bringing the positions of Russia and the United States together and contacts on Ukraine. Lavrov called the conversation with US officials very constructive and reported that Russia and the United States had agreed to ensure the earliest possible appointment of ambassadors in both capitals. In turn, the US Department of State noted that Lavrov and Rubio agreed on creating negotiating teams on Ukraine as well as on future cooperation on shared geopolitical interests.