“Today in Florida, the U.S. and Ukrainian delegations held constructive meetings as part of ongoing mediation efforts, with discussions focused on narrowing and resolving outstanding issues with the goal of moving closer to a comprehensive peace agreement,” Witkoff said.
He also provided information on the composition of the American team, which, in addition to Witkoff, included Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, White House senior adviser Josh Grunbaum and US State Department senior policy adviser Chris Curran.
“We welcome continued cooperation to resolve outstanding issues, recognizing its importance to broader global stability, and thank US President Donald Trump for his continued leadership in advancing the effort,” the special envoy wrote.
Today in Florida, US and Ukrainian delegations are scheduled to meet strictly as part of ongoing mediation efforts, with discussions focused on narrowing and resolving remaining items to move closer to a comprehensive peace agreement.
The American delegation includes Special Envoy…
— Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (@SEPeaceMissions) March 21, 2026
Ukraine at the bilateral negotiations in Miami was represented by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, the head of the Presidential Office Kirill Budanov, his first deputy Sergei Kislitsa and the head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction David Arakhamia. Umerov, commenting on the meeting, announced “continued discussion of the main issues and further steps” within the framework of the negotiation process and “coordination of approaches for further progress towards practical results.”
US-Ukrainian negotiations will continue the next day, Sunday, March 22.
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The previous round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, the United States and the aggressor country of the Russian Federation took place in Geneva in February, the next meeting was originally planned at the beginning of March, as Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky reported, during March 5–9 in Abu Dhabi (UAE), however due to the military operation that Israel and the United States launched against Iran on February 28, negotiations had to be postponed. Later, the media reported that the next round could be held on March 11 in Istanbul, but this too was postponed due to the priority attention of the American side to the situation around Iran.
After this, Zelensky noted that the meeting could take place next week (March 9–15), however, it was also postponed at the request of the American side.
