In brief
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff plan to press Russia to accept European participation in future Ukraine peace talks. The proposal would expand the negotiating format, but the report does not establish Russian agreement.
Donald Trump's administration wants European countries to participate directly in the next round of talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, UNIAN reported, citing Politico and unnamed US officials.
According to the report, Kushner and Witkoff plan to raise the issue during meetings in Abu Dhabi. Washington wants those meetings to be the last without full European participation and is proposing that European countries join after the current trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
European governments still need to decide who would represent them and whether to hold direct talks with Vladimir Putin, the report said. It did not establish that Russia had accepted the proposed format or specify an exact date for the next round.
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