Kushner and Witkoff to meet Zelensky in Dublin
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US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin this week following trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin this week following trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Mr Kushner made the announcement after Ukraine and Russia finished their second day of US-brokered negotiations in Abu Dhabi.
Speaking to reporters, he said they will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow tomorrow before they meet with Mr Zelensky.
Mr Kushner said the meeting with President Putin would "go over what was discussed today and try to make more progress on some of the issues that we discussed because we see some openings".
"After that we're going to fly to Dublin and we're going to be with President Zelensky to debrief with him and further explore some of the ideas that we came up with here today," he added.
Around 50 European leaders, including Mr Zelensky, are meeting in Dublin as part of Ireland's EU Presidency this week.
They are due to attend European Political Community meetings in the Convention Centre in the city centre tomorrow.
There will also be an informal meeting of EU leaders on Friday at the same venue.
Traffic restrictions and road closures around Dublin are set to increase significantly today because of the gatherings.
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