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Zelenskyy meets his team as Trump envoys prepare to arrive in Kyiv

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with senior Ukrainian officials before talks in Kyiv with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
  • Zelenskyy said Ukraine was ready for constructive dialogue and had prepared proposals for a dignified peace and security guarantees.
  • The peace process has remained stalled for more than six months amid differences between Russia and Ukraine and the U.S. war with Iran, according to the article.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy gathered his senior team in Kyiv ahead of a meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who had just visited the Kremlin to present Vladimir Putin with a proposal to end the war.

The preparatory meeting included Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov and David Arakhamia, the parliamentary leader of the ruling Servant of the People party, among others.

We are ready for dialogue.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy described Ukraine’s position before the planned meeting with U.S. envoys.

“We are ready for dialogue,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “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 that postwar peace have a dignified character.”

Zelenskyy said proposals for a dignified peace for Ukraine were ready. He added that the next step required 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 that postwar peace have a dignified character.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyHe outlined Ukraine’s requirements for a peace agreement.

Witkoff and Kushner were due to arrive in Kyiv after their stop in Moscow, marking their first visit to the Ukrainian capital since Donald Trump began his second term. The last meeting between Zelenskyy’s team and the U.S. envoys took place in Miami in late March. Zelenskyy also met Trump twice in July, at the NATO summit and in the Oval Office.

The peace dialogue has remained stalled for more than six months. The article attributes the impasse to the U.S. war with Iran and the inability of Russia and Ukraine to narrow their positions. In May, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was “not interested in an endless cycle of meetings that lead nowhere,” while adding that the United States would resume mediation efforts if prospects for constructive and productive dialogue emerged.

not interested in an endless cycle of meetings that lead nowhere

· Marco RubioThe U.S. secretary of state described Washington’s position on the stalled peace process.
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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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