Zelensky Hopes to Host US Envoys in Kyiv in 'Coming Days'
Ukraine expects substantive talks with the U.S. envoys as tentative dates are set for their first visit, Zelensky said.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sept. 3 that President Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are expected to visit Kyiv in the coming days. "We expect the meeting to take place in the coming days," Zelensky said.
- Previously scheduled for earlier this month, the visit was postponed, allegedly because Trump wanted to keep the diplomats close due to the unresolved standoff with Iran. Witkoff and Kushner have already made multiple trips to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently met Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov in the United States to discuss a 28-point peace plan. A Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent that Ukraine does not "know anything" about the treasury chief's meeting.
- Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian side is preparing for the meetings and emphasizes that it is important for the U.S. to remain active. The government is ready for substantive discussions at the appropriate level in Ukraine.
- According to Zelensky, the U.S. envoys plan another visit to Moscow following the Kyiv meetings. Negotiations remain deadlocked after the Kremlin rejected revisions to the original 28-point proposal brokered by Witkoff and Russian Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
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Zelensky hopes to host US envoys in Kyiv in 'coming days'
Diplomatic push to end Russia's four-and-a-half-year invasion has stalled in recent months as the United States has shifted its focus towards the war with Iran. "We expect to see the envoys of the President of America here in Kyiv. We have confirmation from them," Zelensky said in his nightly address. "They will have meetings in Moscow and in Kyiv. We are counting on a meeting in the coming days," he added. Trump's special envoys, Steve Witkoff…
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said on Thursday that on "the following days the special issue of US President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will arrive in Kiev, as part of the US mediation efforts for a negotiated conclusion of the Russian-Ukrainian war," reports AFP, reports Agerpres. "We are waiting for the coming to Kiev of the US President's issues. We ...
The President of Ukraine stated in his daily speech that "preliminary dates" for this meeting had been defined, without revealing them.
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