The talks come only a day earlier than a second spherical of US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.
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United States particular envoy Steve Witkoff has stated he held “productive and constructive conferences” with Russian particular envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Florida, as President Donald Trump’s administration presses to finish to Russia’s almost four-year struggle in Ukraine.
“We’re inspired by this assembly that Russia is working towards securing peace in Ukraine,” wrote Witkoff in a submit on X following Saturday’s talks.
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, and White Home adviser Josh Gruenbaum additionally attended the talks.
The assembly got here a day earlier than Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have been scheduled to carry a second spherical of talks with US mediators in Abu Dhabi to debate a US-backed plan to finish Russia’s struggle.
A primary US-mediated assembly was held within the United Arab Emirates’s capital last week, marking the primary direct public negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv for the reason that early weeks of the struggle.
Trump instructed reporters within the Oval Workplace this week that he believes “we’re getting shut” to a deal to finish the struggle.
Trump introduced on Thursday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had agreed to his request to not assault Ukraine’s power infrastructure for every week amid excessive chilly climate, which he stated was “very good” of the Russian president.
The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that Putin had obtained the request, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov telling Sky Information the Russian chief had “after all” agreed to the proposal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X that the difficulty of a ceasefire on power infrastructure assaults had been mentioned throughout final week’s talks, and that he anticipated the agreements to be carried out. “De-escalation steps contribute to actual progress towards ending the struggle,” he added.
On Friday, the Ukrainian chief stated in his nightly handle that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had performed strikes on power targets from Thursday night time onwards.
A number of sticking factors over the US-backed plan to finish the struggle stay, together with Russia’s demand for Ukrainian forces to withdraw from about one-fifth of the Donetsk area, and the potential deployment of worldwide peacekeepers in Ukraine after the struggle.
