European Pravda learns details of Kyiv's talks with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner

Tetyana Vysotska, VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - 7 September, 18:13

Kushner, Witkoff, and Zelenskyy. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

Over the next few weeks, preparations will continue for negotiations with Russia on establishing peace in Ukraine, with Ukraine, France, Germany and the UK taking part and jointly formulating the terms for those talks.

Source: a European Pravda correspondent in Brussels, citing a source at the Élysée Palace

Details: Ukraine, France, Germany and the UK will spend the next few weeks preparing the terms they will take to further negotiations with Russia.

A source in French President Emmanuel Macron's administration spoke about the results of the visit to Kyiv by Emmanuel Bonne, Macron's security adviser, and his participation in talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on 6 September.

Bonne said that his trip to Ukraine provided an opportunity both to receive a report from the Americans on their conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and to coordinate further actions.

Witkoff and Kushner essentially said that after Russia's State Duma elections, Russia would allegedly become more willing to negotiate, and that in this context preparations should be made for a fresh start to the negotiations.

During a joint discussion with the national security advisers of France, Germany and the UK – Emmanuel Bonne, Günter Sautter and Jonathan Powell – on 6 September, US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner did not specify the parameters of the possible negotiations that Russia had agreed to.

Meanwhile, the Europeans, in coordination with Ukraine, set out their list of demands, including security guarantees, Ukrainian territories, sanctions and other issues.

The national security advisers of France, the UK and Germany agreed to remain in contact over the coming weeks and work together with the Ukrainian side to propose clear terms for negotiations that would make it possible to achieve a strong and lasting peace for Ukraine.

Background:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after meeting with US President Donald Trump's envoys that preparations were under way for further meetings and corresponding communication.
On 6 September, Witkoff said that the task of the US delegation, which had visited Kyiv and Moscow over the previous two days, was to "bring the sides closer together".
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that several new ideas concerning the further negotiation process were proposed during the talks in Kyiv, and the sides agreed to hold another meeting in the Ukraine-US-Europe format in the near future.

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