Kremlin Says Trilateral Talks With US and Ukraine Could Resume
The Kremlin has said there is still a possibility that trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine on the war could resume, although officials said it is still too early to discuss when and where such a meeting might take place.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia did not rule out resuming dialogue in this format. He added, however, that at this stage details such as the venue or exact date of the talks had not been determined.
The remarks came after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky over the weekend. The trips were described as part of a renewed effort to find a path toward ending the war.
Despite the diplomatic back-and-forth, there has still been no sign of any major breakthrough. A senior source in the office of Ukraine’s president told Agence France-Presse that US officials had put forward “more effective” proposals to end the war, but neither Moscow nor Kyiv had reported any significant result.
The last direct meeting between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators took place in February in talks mediated by the United States in Geneva. Those discussions failed to reach agreement on the sensitive issue of territory, and direct negotiations have not resumed since.
Geneva, a city in Switzerland, has in recent years repeatedly hosted international talks and diplomatic meetings on global crises.
