Russia ready to resume talks with Ukraine and the United States
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Nile Post
Russia says it is ready to resume discussions with Ukraine and the United States to end the war, with a new round being considered around 10 November in Abu Dhabi. The announcement was made by Vladimir Putin’s adviser Iouri Ouchakov after a meeting between the Russian president and US envoy Steve Witkoff, according to the BBC.
Russia is in principle ready to resume talks with Ukraine and the United States on ending the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser Iouri Ouchakov said in Saint Petersburg on Wednesday, 21 October. He said a new session could take place around 10 November in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, according to the BBC.
Ouchakov said the discussions should focus on establishing a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict. A US official told the BBC that the Ukrainians and then the Russians had agreed to a technical-level trilateral meeting, proposed by US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during talks in Oslo on Tuesday.
The meeting between Putin and Witkoff in Saint Petersburg followed the envoy’s discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Norwegian and Finnish leaders in Oslo. Zelensky had raised security guarantees for Ukraine and proposals for an energy ceasefire. Ouchakov said these ideas were of little use. Russia and Ukraine are also disputing each other’s claims about developments along the front line.
The possible resumption comes after the meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin and Russia’s rejection of a ceasefire, reported on 21 October in an article about Putin rejecting any ceasefire.
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