The trip will follow two days of negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the US in Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n
US envoy Jared Kushner has confirmed that he and Steve Witkoff plan to travel to Russia for further talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict following two days of trilateral negotiations in the UAE.\u00a0
\nRepresentatives of Moscow, Kiev, and Washington concluded two days of discussions in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, marking their first formal three-way meeting since February. The latest round followed renewed American mediation efforts, including a meeting between US special envoy Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin last month.
\nSpeaking after the negotiations in the UAE, Kushner said: \u201cTomorrow, Steve [Witkoff] and I are planning to travel to Moscow to meet with President Putin.\u201d He added that he believes there is room for progress on some of the issues raised during the Abu Dhabi talks.
\nKremlin aide Yury Ushakov told Kommersant that Kushner and Witkoff would arrive in Moscow on Thursday morning and meet Putin before noon. \u201cWe do not yet know the outcome of the Abu Dhabi negotiations,\u201d Ushakov said, adding that the Americans have \u201csomething\u201d to present.
\nKushner described the negotiations as \u201cvery substantive,\u201d saying the delegations covered all major issues. He added that a final agreement would not be possible without resolving territorial disputes. Moscow has long insisted that a lasting agreement must address the root causes of the crisis.<\/p>\n
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Second day of Russia-Ukraine-US talks concludes in Abu Dhabi<\/p>\n
The negotiations also produced an agreement in principle on a major prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, according to Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who headed Moscow\u2019s delegation. The number of prisoners involved has yet to be finalized.
\nKushner said the upcoming meeting with Putin would also address the possibility of involving European countries in future negotiations.
\nEuropean representatives remain outside the trilateral talks, although they met separately with US and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday.\u00a0 Moscow has questioned their contribution and has accused European governments of undermining previous peace agreements and prolonging the fighting through continued weapons supplies.
\nFollowing their visit to Moscow, Kushner and Witkoff plan to travel to Dublin to meet Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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