Witkoff Calls Florida Talks With Ukraine and Russia Productive as Four Tracks of Peace Plan Advance
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on December 21 that talks held over the previous three days in Miami, Florida, between U.S., Ukrainian and European officials had focused on aligning positions, and that his separate talks with Russian negotiators were also productive and constructive, as the sides kept working on a U.S.-drafted 20-point plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
Witkoff said the U.S.-Ukraine meeting focused on four key points: further development of the 20-point plan, a multilateral security guarantee framework, a U.S. security guarantee framework for Ukraine, and further development of the economics and prosperity agenda to rebuild Ukraine, with special attention to timelines and the sequencing of next steps. Peace must be not only a cessation of hostilities, but also a dignified foundation for a stable future, he said.
The American delegation included Witkoff, Trump adviser Jared Kushner and White House staff member Josh Gruenbaum, while the Ukrainian delegation was led by Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council. Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev on Saturday, then met Ukrainian and European officials and, separately, the Ukrainian delegation on Sunday. Witkoff said Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said the same day that Ukrainian and European input had not improved the prospects for peace, and that Dmitriev would return to Moscow on Monday to report to Putin.
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Source: U.S. Department of State
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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