Kiev's envoys, headed by him Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, are already in Miami, Florida. The delegation also includes: the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, General Kyrylo Budanov, his deputy Serhiy Kyslytsia and Davyd Arachamiyya, chairman of the parliamentary faction of the presidential Servant of the People party.
“The American side will be represented by White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner.” — reported Ukrinform.
Bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the USA. “We want clear dates”
Zelensky, answering journalists' questions in a chat on Friday, announced that preparations for the future Ukraine-US-Russia trilateral meeting will be discussed during Saturday's talks.
— First of all, we have a bilateral Ukraine-America meeting in the United States. All issues will be discussed, including preparations for the future trilateral meeting. We want clear dates, although everyone more or less understands that the situation in the Middle East, the war, influences the postponement of this date; This is not the first time that a trilateral meeting has been postponed – he said.
The president stressed the need to continue close dialogue with the American side, because the recent easing of US sanctions against the Russian energy industry has increased Russia's financial capabilities, which poses a threat to Ukraine.
— This is dangerous and I believe that this meeting, from this point of view, is also important – he added.
Zelensky reveals details of the conversation. “I am very interested in signing this contract”
Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian delegation will work in the US on bilateral documents regarding the end of the war, security guarantees and the reconstruction of Ukraine.
The negotiating group will simultaneously discuss the PURL program, Patriot missiles, and the drone agreement with the American side.
— I am very interested in signing this agreement with our close partner, the United States of America. Therefore, when President (Donald) Trump is ready, I will definitely be ready, Zelensky assured.
Reuters reported that the talks in Miami may prepare the ground for another meeting between Trump and Zelensky.
Over 200 specialists from Ukraine in the Middle East
Zelensky said his country had sent 228 specialists to help countries in the Middle East defend against drone attacks from Iran. He added that Kiev is working with the leaders of countries in this part of the world to sign “serious agreements.” He did not reveal details.
According to Reuters, the talks were initially supposed to include Russian negotiators and were planned to be held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Their topic was to be to develop a solution to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2022. However, the trilateral meeting was postponed after the US and Israel started the war against Iran on February 28.
