Russias Foreign Ministry on Tuesday dismissed reports of a follow-up meeting between United States and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia this week, saying no such talks were scheduled.There are no meetings in Riyadh with the participation of the Foreign Ministry today, the ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was visiting Tehran on Tuesday for talks with Iranian officials.The denial comes a week after United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lavrov held discussions in the Saudi capital, marking the first direct talks between high-level American and Russian officials since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.That meeting resulted in an agreement between the two sides to appoint negotiators for potential peace talks on the Ukraine war and to establish a consultation mechanism to address disputes.Earlier, media reports claimed that lower-level United States and Russian officials were set to meet Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with anonymous diplomatic sources describing it as a sign of progress in relations between the countries.The diplomatic push follows a phone call earlier this month between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which unsettled European leaders and signaled a shift from the previous United States administrations policy of isolating Russia.Trump on Monday expressed confidence in ending the war in Ukraine and said he expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House within two weeks to sign a deal granting the United States access to Ukraines rare mineral resources.Putin later said Russia was open to United States investment in strategic minerals in Russian-occupied Ukraine and that American and Russian companies were already in touch regarding joint economic projects linked to resolving the war.AFP contributed reporting.