The key facts

  • Jared Kushner said in Abu Dhabi that Trump is truly committed to achieving peace and considers the war to have dragged on too long
  • Trilateral settlement talks between Moscow and Kyiv are underway in Abu Dhabi
  • Axios reports a possible visit by US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv

Special envoy's statement at the talks in Abu Dhabi

US presidential special envoy Jared Kushner said at the talks in Abu Dhabi that the American leader Donald Trump remains committed to a settlement in Ukraine. President Trump is truly committed to achieving peace. He believes this war has gone on too long, TASS quoted Kushner as saying, citing a report by Gazeta.Ru.

Format of the meeting and possible next steps

Trilateral talks on a settlement of the conflict are currently underway in Abu Dhabi between Moscow and Kyiv . The Axios portal, citing sources, reports that the US president's representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner want to crystallize the decisions that Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are to make. According to the portal, after the talks the US envoys may travel to Moscow and Kyiv for direct talks with Putin and Zelensky. Earlier, Zelensky named Ukraine's four priorities for the peace talks in Abu Dhabi; their content is not disclosed in available publications.