According to him, “working contacts do not stop even between meetings.”
“That is, the fact that we met in Geneva and now met in Florida does not mean that there were no working contacts in the interval. They exist all the time,” the source said.
The Ukrainian side at the negotiations emphasized the importance of personal contact between the Presidents of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and the United States Donald Trump to determine the vector of further negotiations at the highest political level.
“It’s important for us not just to meet to consecrate the agreement. But there are some things that the President of Ukraine considers necessary to discuss with his American colleague. Let’s hope that this opinion will be heard,” the interlocutor of the online publication added.
In the negotiations on November 30, the United States was represented by Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ukraine was represented by a group of officials and military personnel led by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov. The meeting in Miami lasted five hours, writes Axios.
As a result, Rubio said that the American and Ukrainian teams are working not only on the conditions for ending the war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, but also on “conditions that will ensure long-term prosperity for Ukraine.” Umerov called negotiations with the United States “difficult”, but “meaningful and successful”
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Bloomberg wrote that the 28-point plan, which was agreed upon by Vitkoff and Putin’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, was not accepted, because it had too many contradictory aspects.
After a response from Ukraine and European partners during negotiations in Geneva on November 23, the Russian-American document was changed, reducing it to 19 provisions. The White House released a statement after the negotiations that the amended draft peace agreement reflects Ukraine's national interests.
On November 25, Trump expressed the opinion that agreements to resolve the Russian war against Ukraine are very close.
On November 27, Putin said that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready to cease fire in the war if the Ukrainian defense forces leave parts of Ukrainian territory that are not captured by the occupiers, which are claimed by Moscow. He threatened that “if they don’t leave,” then the Russian Federation will supposedly “achieve this by military means.” Putin added that Russia is “ready to fight to the last Ukrainian.”
Before his dismissal from the post of head of the OP, Andrei Ermak stated that Zelensky will not sign a document renouncing the territory.
The media wrote that the United States, at negotiations with Ukraine on November 30, wants to close disputes on two key points of the “peace plan” – Ukrainian territories and security guarantees for Kyiv. The parties will also discuss election schedule in Ukraine and several more “unresolved issues,” the WSJ announced.
