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Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Kiev for their first visit since Trump took office.
Moscow does not rule out a trilateral with China
An unprecedented trilateral meeting involving the leaders of Russia, China and the United States “is not excluded”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serghei Ryabkov said in an interview with the Russian Tass agency. «The idea exists and has also been aired publicly. However, to say that we are entering the preparatory phase would be an exaggeration”, said the deputy minister in response to a question, writes Tass. «Again, the main question concerns how the substantive aspect will be formulated and what can be expected as a result. Although it is clear that formats, especially at the highest level, are in themselves extremely significant and send the necessary signals. Like, for example, the Ric format,” he added, referring to the Russia-India-China format. «But a trilateral format involving the leaders of Russia, China and the United States has never been tried. I can’t rule out anything, of course,” Ryabkov concluded.
The Kremlin: “Constructive dialogue with US mediators”
Yesterday’s meeting between Vladimir Putin and the special envoys of US President Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner was “constructive and frank”. «The conversation lasted three hours and ten minutes, it was significant, constructive, extremely frank and confidential», Yuri Ushakov, Russian presidential advisor who participated in the meeting, told journalists «The discussion on extremely serious issues continued both in a formal context and informally, at the table».
Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Moscow on behalf of the US president “to continue dialogue on the resolution of the crisis in Ukraine and discuss other relevant issues”, Ushakov reported, specifying that it was their eighth visit to Russia. At the beginning of the meeting, Putin «publicly praised this mediation channel and the role of the US negotiators, extended his best wishes to President Donald Trump, thanking him for his efforts in resolving the Ukrainian crisis and expressed his sincere hope to facilitate the rapid achievement of mutually acceptable solutions», added Ushakov.
Putin reiterated the commitment of the Russian side to continue cooperation with the United States on the Ukrainian issue, Ushakov said. “Our president reiterated his commitment to continue working together with the US side in search of political and diplomatic solutions,” the adviser said, and the US envoys “promised to make use of the observations and assessments personally provided by the Russian president regarding the approach to a lasting resolution of the conflict in Ukraine during their meetings in Kiev.”