"It's important not to have long pauses": Zelenskyy agrees on another visit to Ukraine by US envoys Witkoff and Kushner

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed with US President Donald Trump's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on another visit to Ukraine.

Source: Zelenskyy speaking to journalists, as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "We agreed with Steve and Jared that they will come again. It's important not to have long pauses. They have been to Moscow many times, and this was the first time in Kyiv."

Details: Zelenskyy thanked the US president's envoys for their first visit to the Ukrainian capital on 6 September. He said he would like Witkoff and Kushner to visit more often in order to "show balance and respect for both Moscow and Kyiv".

Zelenskyy added that such visits are important for Ukraine because they provide an opportunity to show what Kyiv is like and how people live there.

The Ukrainian president said that they could try using his presidential aircraft for the next visit to Kyiv.

Quote: "I suggested to them myself that if they don't want to fly on an American aircraft, they can leave the aircraft in Poland or another country bordering Ukraine, and my aircraft, the presidential aircraft, the Ukrainian aircraft, can take them there."

Background:

• During his conversation with journalists, Zelenskyy also said that the visit by Trump's special envoys to Kyiv demonstrated that Ukraine's negotiating position is strengthening.
• The Ukrainian president also said that he expects to meet Trump in the second half of September.

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