Putin aide comments on Europe’s security, humanitarian task, Kiev's peace allergy

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Yury Ushakov emphasized that the conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner was substantive

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. The conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Thursday was substantive and useful, said Yury Ushakov, an aide to the Russian leader.

Moscow is confident that its US partners will convey Moscow’s position to Kiev and European capitals; they expect to engage in dialogue on European security in cooperation with the United States; they anticipate the launch of a new humanitarian mission in Konstantinovka in the DPR; and they hope that the meeting of the leaders of Russia, the United States, and China at the APEC summit in China will "improve the international situation."

TASS has compiled the main statements made by the Kremlin representative.

Putin’s conversation with Witkoff and Kushner was substantive, constructive, frank, and useful, "as, indeed, were all previous conversations."

The negotiators from Washington "detailed their assessments of the trilateral contacts that took place in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11."

"Both we and the Americans assessed these negotiations and these contacts as constructive and productive," Ushakov said at a news briefing.

The negotiations on Ukraine, involving representatives from Moscow, Washington, and Kiev, "will continue."

"After this thorough conversation in the Kremlin, as we know, the US negotiators flew to Dublin, where they will meet with Vladimir Zelensky and representatives of European capitals."

The Kremlin hopes that "the signals from Moscow will be conveyed to them to a tee. We remain in contact with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and will discuss the state of affairs even before the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in China."

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