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White House envoys arrive in Kyiv for talks with Zelenskyy

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after visiting Moscow to present Vladimir Putin with a proposal to end the war.
  • Ukraine’s negotiating team welcomed the envoys and said it would continue close coordination on the next steps toward ending the conflict.
  • Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready for substantive talks, but the peace dialogue had remained stalled for more than six months.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv on Sunday for their first visit there since Donald Trump began his second presidential term. The White House envoys had visited Moscow the previous day to present Vladimir Putin with a proposal aimed at ending the war.

We welcome to Kyiv representatives of the president of the United States, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

· Ukraine’s presidential officeThe office announced the envoys’ arrival in Kyiv.

Ukraine’s presidential office welcomed the two representatives in a message on Telegram, saying Kyiv would continue “close coordination on the next steps to end the war.” The full Ukrainian negotiating team met them at Kyiv’s railway station. Those present included chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov, foreign intelligence chief Rustem Umerov, governing-party parliamentary leader David Arakhamia and first deputy head of the Presidential Administration Serhii Kyslytsia.

Witkoff and Kushner had travelled to Moscow several times but had not previously gone to the Ukrainian capital. Zelenskyy and his team had instead met them in the United States or elsewhere. The latest meeting between the Ukrainian team and the American envoys took place in Miami in late March. Zelenskyy also met Trump twice in July, at the NATO summit and in the Oval Office.

We continue close coordination on the next steps to end the war.

· Ukraine’s presidential officeThe statement described the purpose of the talks with the American envoys.

The peace dialogue has remained stalled for more than six months because of the war between the United States and Iran and the failure of Russia and Ukraine to narrow their differences, the article said. Shortly before the envoys arrived, Zelenskyy wrote that Ukraine was ready to talk and had prepared proposals for a dignified peace.

We are ready for dialogue.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy’s message before the meeting with Witkoff and Kushner.

“Ukraine has always been and will remain constructive,” Zelenskyy said. “We are interested in bringing the end of the war closer. Peace is necessary. Security guarantees are necessary. It is necessary for postwar peace to have a dignified character.” He added that the next step was coordinated, substantive and realistic work.

Ukraine has always been and will remain constructive. We are interested in bringing the end of the war closer. Peace is necessary. Security guarantees are necessary. It is necessary for postwar peace to have a dignified character.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy outlined Ukraine’s position ahead of the talks.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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