"I think it'd be great": Trump's son-in-law discusses prospects for Zelenskyy-Putin meeting
Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner believes "it'd be great" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin to meet in person.
Source: European Pravda, citing Kushner during a press briefing following the conclusion of trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations in Abu Dhabi
Details: On the prospect of a Zelenskyy-Putin meeting, Kushner said the Russians have stated that "they'd like to see more progress made before that happens".
Quote: "I think it'd be great if they did that at any time. I think that that would be a good thing. But, again, just to be transparent, I think what the Russians have said is they'd like to see more progress made before that happens. I think that clearly there's not, you know, great trust or love between the leaders. So I think that if we can find a pathway to arrange, and I will say this too, you know, these deals do take time."
Background:
- Following the results of the second day of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, it became known that Kushner and Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow to meet with Putin. They are then due to meet Zelenskyy in Dublin.
- During the first round of talks the previous day, the parties discussed security guarantees and Russia's demands, and touched on the issue of Ukraine's post-war future.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the trilateral talks on 10 November were "very productive", but that there is still "a lot of work to be done".
- Zelenskyy described the trilateral meeting as "constructive and quite substantive".
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