Geneva meeting with US delegation concludes, second session with Europeans ahead
Andrii Yermak, leader of Ukraine's negotiating team and Head of the President's Office, has announced the completion of the first round of talks with the US delegation in Geneva, calling the session "very productive". He also said a second meeting will take place on Sunday with Ukraine's European partners.
Source: Yermak on X (Twitter)
Details: Yermak reported that the Ukrainian side had "a very productive first session with the distinguished American delegation", adding that "very good progress" has been made and the sides are moving forward towards a just and lasting peace.
Yermak thanked the United States and President Donald Trump and his team "for their commitment to bring peace".
He added that a second session is scheduled for later on Sunday, during which work on the joint proposals will continue with Kyiv's European partners. The final decisions, he said, will be made by Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Background:
- Following reports from the Ukrainian team at the Geneva talks, Zelenskyy said that the US proposals may incorporate a number of elements reflecting Ukrainian perspectives that are vital to its national interests.
- Rustem Umierov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) and a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the Geneva negotiations, has said that the current draft of the "peace plan" already reflects most of Ukraine's key priorities.
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