Trump envoy urges renewed Ukraine talks as Putin weighs China summit
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U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday and urged him to consider resuming trilateral peace talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
Witkoff arrived after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders and NATO representatives in Oslo a day earlier. He said those discussions had produced momentum and that he would brief Putin on proposals for ending the war. An unnamed U.S. official told the Taipei Times that the Oslo talks addressed security guarantees for Ukraine, a postwar economic plan and broader European security arrangements.
Putin thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his attention to the conflict and asked about the Oslo meeting. Russia also released retired U.S. teacher Stephen Hubbard as the talks began, according to the Taipei Times.
The meeting followed reports that Putin had proposed a meeting with Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping around the Nov. 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China. Trump said Monday that he was open to such a meeting, but emphasized that its principal focus would be nuclear weapons and denuclearization, with trade also potentially discussed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin had suggested using the proposed three-leader meeting to pursue an agreement on Ukraine favorable to Moscow. No summit has been confirmed. Zelenskyy has advocated a meeting involving himself, Trump and Putin, while Trump has said the Ukrainian and Russian leaders would not necessarily need to meet in the same room.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Correct the description of Putin’s proposal to make clear it was for a trilateral summit with Trump and Xi. - "The meeting followed reports that Putin had proposed separate talks with Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping around the Nov. 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China.": The sources say Putin proposed a single three-leader meeting with Trump and Xi, not separate talks.
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Trump envoy urges renewed Ukraine talks as Putin weighs China summit
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday and urged him to consider resuming trilateral peace talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
Witkoff arrived after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European leaders and NATO representatives in Oslo a day earlier. He said those discussions had produced momentum and that he would brief Putin on proposals for ending the war. An unnamed U.S. official told the Taipei Times that the Oslo talks addressed security guarantees for Ukraine, a postwar economic plan and broader European security arrangements.
Putin thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his attention to the conflict and asked about the Oslo meeting. Russia also released retired U.S. teacher Stephen Hubbard as the talks began, according to the Taipei Times.
The meeting followed reports that Putin had proposed separatea talksmeeting with Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping around the Nov. 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China. Trump said Monday that he was open to such a meeting, but emphasized that its principal focus would be nuclear weapons and denuclearization, with trade also potentially discussed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Putin had suggested using the proposed three-leader meeting to pursue an agreement on Ukraine favorable to Moscow. No summit has been confirmed. Zelenskyy has advocated a meeting involving himself, Trump and Putin, while Trump has said the Ukrainian and Russian leaders would not necessarily need to meet in the same room.
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