Putin met with Whitcoff and Kushner. Gathered the key

Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin held a meeting with special envoys of the President of the United States Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner. Collected key statements made at this event, writes sb.by.

As TASS notes, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters at a briefing that the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American negotiators Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner was meaningful, constructive, frank and useful:

- The conversation and exchange of views were very substantive, constructive, frank and useful, as were all previous conversations.

According to him, Whitkoff and Kushner actively supported the proposal of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to extend the practice of the humanitarian mission in Aleshki to Konstantinovka:

American negotiators actively supported the proposal of the President of Russia to extend the practice of a successful humanitarian operation in Aleshki to another city beyond the contact line, namely Konstantinovka.

Yuri Ushakov noted that Presidents of Russia and the United States Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will continue to discuss the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict at the planned bilateral meeting at the APEC summit in China:

- It was noted that President Donald Trump pays personal attention to this task. Naturally, during the planned meeting with him at the APEC summit in Shenzhen, the discussion of the whole range of issues related to the settlement will continue.

The Russian presidential aide said Moscow is ready to immediately start discussing proposals for a new European security architecture in tandem with the United States:

- The President of Russia once again supported the idea of the American side to address security issues for Russia and Ukraine in order to form a future post-conflict system of European security. It is clear that the current system does not work, this is obvious to everyone. And we hope that the representatives of the European countries will also support the work to agree on the parameters of a new long-term architecture of indivisible security and peace, which we are immediately ready to begin in tandem with the American representatives. According to Yuri Ushakov, the Russian President recalled the Russian vision of the supporting elements of the indivisible security architecture, which were presented back in 2021, in the form of draft agreements with the United States and NATO on security guarantees:

- Key provisions: the non-expansion of NATO, the non-deployment of weapons systems threatening us near the Russian borders, the return to the configuration of the Alliance’s standing forces at the time of signing the Russia-NATO founding act. Of course, to this list, which is not limited to the points I have outlined, we also want to add some of our fresh considerations, which are based on lessons that we cannot but draw from the current situation, when the collective West has turned against us.

At the same time, he pointed out that the West did not hide its interest in the strategic defeat of Russia.

According to Yuri Ushakov, the Kremlin hopes that American negotiators will bring signals from a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to Vladimir Zelensky:

- After such a detailed conversation in the Kremlin, American negotiators flew to Dublin, where they will meet with Zelensky and representatives of European capitals. We hope that the signals from Moscow will be carefully communicated to them. We will stay in touch with Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner and discuss the state of affairs before Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet in China.

Yuri Ushakov pointed out that the proposals for the introduction of a European contingent on the territory of Ukraine are a “recipe for an endless war”: – Attention was drawn to the fact that the deployment of foreign contingents from the coalition of those wishing to enter the territory of Ukraine after the end of the conflict is persistently pushed. This is the recipe for an endless war.

He said that American emissaries at a meeting with the President of Russia detailed their assessment of the trilateral talks on Ukraine held in Abu Dhabi:

Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner detailed their assessments of the trilateral contacts in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11.

Yuri Ushakov also added that Europe is eager to join the negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement, but all practical actions of the EU countries indicate a desire to continue the war:

- The position of the Europeans is fully described. They are eager to join the negotiations, but as our President said, they must decide whether they want peace or the continuation of the war. So far, all their practical actions testify to the latter.

In turn, Whitkoff shared that he considers the positive atmosphere at the trilateral talks held on November 10-11 in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi on Ukraine between representatives of Moscow, Washington, Kiev:

- As for the meetings in Abu Dhabi, we believe that they were held in a positive atmosphere. Whitkoff and Kushner participated in the talks and flew to the Russian capital from Abu Dhabi.

According to Kushner, US President Donald Trump continues to adhere to the idea of helping to end the conflict in Ukraine:

- President Trump believes it is very important to end this conflict as soon as possible. We are doing everything necessary to complete it.

The US special envoy said that he and Jared Kushner will later travel to Dublin, where they will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky:

- In Ireland, we will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky, we will tell him what results we have received during today’s meeting.

Whitkoff also stressed that the upcoming exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine indicates progress in resolving the conflict:

- I believe that this is an indicator that we are making progress in resolving this conflict.

Putin’s meeting with Whitcoff and Kushner lasted more than two hours. It was devoted to the topic of Ukrainian settlement. The meeting began at 15:05 and lasted more than two hours.

Following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, Whitkoff told CNN that a new round of trilateral talks had been agreed:

- I believe that progress has been made. I think it happened earlier today. Nobody thought we would resume trilateral talks. But we've renewed them. We've set up a new meeting.

According to him, European representatives will also join the next stage of negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement.

American emissary Jared Kushner in an interview with CNN called the talks with Vladimir Putin “exhaustive and detailed”, stressing that they will serve as the basis for the following consultations:

- I believe that, in general, we had very comprehensive and detailed discussions on all the topics that I hope will serve as a basis for the next multilateral negotiations.