Kremlin says Putin will meet Witkoff and Kushner on 12 November

Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on the morning of 12 November.

Source: European Pravda, citing Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the Russian ruler, in a comment to Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS

Details: Ushakov said the meeting will take place in the morning and follow the usual protocol.

Kushner previously said he and Witkoff will travel to Moscow on 12 November to discuss the issues raised at the trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi with the Russian leader.

Witkoff and Kushner then plan to travel to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Background:

• 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.
• On 10 November, trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia talks took place in Abu Dhabi, after which 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".
• Following the meetings, the Ukrainian president said the first result is a humanitarian agreement on preparing a new swap.

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