KYIV, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Thursday that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner for about an hour on how one can finish the war with Russia.
“It was a extremely good dialog: many particulars, good concepts, that we mentioned. There are some new concepts on how one can deliver the actual peace nearer, and it issues codecs, conferences, and, actually, the timeline,” Zelenskyy mentioned on the Telegram app.
Trump has been pushing for a deal to finish the virtually four-year-long struggle, and in latest weeks peace efforts led by Witkoff and Kushner have been slowly inching ahead.
Earlier this week, Zelenskyy offered a 20-point draft peace plan that he described as the principle framework for ending the struggle.
The draft represented a slimmed-down model of an unique 28-point plan the U.S. beforehand mentioned with the Russian facet that was broadly seen as primarily benefiting Moscow because it demanded Kyiv cede territory and put curbs on its military.
Nevertheless, key territorial questions stay unresolved within the new 20-point draft, Zelenskyy mentioned, including {that a} assembly with Trump can be required to unravel probably the most delicate points.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Thursday that Moscow was analysing the paperwork on ending the struggle which had been dropped at Moscow by Russia’s particular envoy Kirill Dmitriev from the USA.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Zelenskyy mentioned that Ukraine’s high negotiator Rustem Umerov deliberate to have another dialog with the U.S. negotiators later within the day.
“We’re really working 24/7 to deliver nearer the tip of this brutal Russian struggle in opposition to Ukraine and to make sure that all paperwork and steps are lifelike, efficient, and dependable,” he mentioned.
(Reporting by Olena Harmash; modifying by Barbara Lewis)
