US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to visit Moscow on 12 November to discuss with Vladimir Putin the results of the talks in Abu Dhabi. The American side said it sees opportunities to further advance the diplomatic process.
Jared Kushner said this at a briefing, LB.ua reports.
“Steve Witkoff and I will travel to Moscow tomorrow to meet Putin and discuss what we talked about today. We see certain opportunities and prospects,” he said.
Before a Putin–Zelenskyy Meeting, Russians Want More Progress, Kushner Says
Kushner also noted that Europe should designate a single representative who could speak on behalf of all European countries. He said this would be a greater achievement than securing Russia’s agreement to Europe’s participation in the talks.
He also noted that the current approach to resolving the war is not delivering results, as Europe has now been living for a fifth year amid the continent’s longest war in a long time.
According to Kushner, the Russian side believes that more progress in the talks must be achieved before a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“There is neither love nor trust between the leaders,” he said, commenting on the prospects of their meeting.
Arakhamia Reports Positive Trends
According to David Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, after their visit to Moscow Kushner and Witkoff will meet with the Ukrainian delegation and President Zelenskyy. At that point, a date should be set for a new round of talks.
“We have good momentum to find a solution by the new year,” he added.
The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, previously told journalists that the sides had agreed on a large-scale prisoner exchange.
He also claimed that the Russian delegation had not communicated with European representatives, and that their status in the negotiating process supposedly “remains unclear to Moscow”. At the same time, Medinsky said that during the talks it was possible to reach mutual understanding on certain issues related to the European security system.