During the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the United States proposed holding a new trilateral meeting with the Russians. The Ukrainian president said this on 25 September in an audio briefing with journalists.
The American side is proposing the UAE as the venue. No further details are known yet.
“To meet in a trilateral format at the technical level. We are awaiting proposals from the United States regarding a date,” he said.
Trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia were halted after the start of the US-Israeli operation against Iran in February this year. So far, Ukraine and Russia have held only bilateral meetings with US representatives.
On 6 September, negotiator Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travelled to Kyiv for the first time. They made the visit after travelling to Moscow. The United States and Ukraine hope to resume meetings in the trilateral format, but no specific dates have yet been announced.
During last year’s and this year’s negotiations, the sides worked on a plan to end the war. No consensus was reached on the issue of territories. Russia is demanding that Ukraine withdraw its troops from the whole of Donbas. The United States is proposing the creation of a free economic zone there, but it is unclear who would administer it and what guarantees there are that Russia would not seize the rest of the territory. Kyiv is категорично against any territorial concessions and any withdrawal of the army.