“President Zelensky hopes to meet with Trump after finalizing the documents and consulting on the negotiations.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Photo: Getty Images Source: Zelensky during a conversation with the Ukrainian mass media
Details: In particular, answering journalists’ questions, the president talked about the next stage of negotiations. According to him, after finalizing the Ukrainian documents, it is expected that the USA will hold consultations with the Russians in the coming days.
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Zelensky’s direct speech: “And after that, consultations will be held with the president of the United States of America. After that, our teams will meet, I think our negotiating teams will meet in the United States of America. In the near future, I think, maybe even this weekend. Well, after this meeting, we will see. We will think about a meeting at the level of leaders, at least with the president of the United States.”
What preceded:
- US President Donald Trump had a telephone conversation with European leaders and the President of Ukraine on December 15 Volodymyr Zelenskyi after negotiations in Berlin.
- Before that, it became known that the next round of negotiations between Ukraine and the United States regarding settlement war may take place this weekend in the USAprobably in Miami.
- The Sky News channel previously reported that an anonymous American official said that during the Ukraine-USA talks in Berlin, it was decided “90% of controversial questionsbetween Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
- The Secretary of the National Security Council Rustem Umyerov expressed hope that by the end of the day the American and Ukrainian sides it will be possible to agree positionswhich will “bring” Ukraine closer to peace.
- According to AFP, during the negotiations in Berlin, American negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner put pressure on the Ukrainian side with the demand to give up the part of Donbas controlled by it.
- After that, Serhiy Kyslytsia, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged not to believe to anonymous sources regarding the US position at the negotiations.