Senior Trump administration officials are planning a meeting with their Ukrainian counterparts in Saudi Arabia next week, to begin discussions about a cease-fire to end the country’s war with Russia.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff, who confirmed Thursday that planning was underway, will be part of the U.S. delegation alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz.

“The idea is to get down a framework for a peace agreement and initial cease-fire,” Witkoff told reporters outside the White House.

Another administration official, granted anonymity to discuss plans that are not yet public, confirmed that the meeting has been under discussion and is “possible.”

The meeting would be the first high-level, in-person engagement between the U.S. and Ukraine since last Friday’s disastrous Oval Office meeting, where President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and scuttled plans to sign an economic agreement to share profits from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals.

Since that public breakdown, Trump and aides have signaled that Zelenskyy would have to demonstrate a willingness to negotiate a truce with Russia in order for the U.S. to reengage.

Witkoff said Thursday that another visit to Washington could still come. ““There is a path back, and President Zelenskyy has demonstrated that he is intent on that good faith path back,” he said.

Trump has amped up the pressure on Kyiv this week by pausing all military aid to Ukraine as well as intelligence sharing.