US presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow on Thursday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following US-mediated trilateral peace negotiations involving Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Anadolu Agency reported.
“One of the positives is we agreed that we’re going to have the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners, which we’re going to finalize the numbers tomorrow,” Kushner told reporters on Wednesday, describing progress in the diplomatic meetings.
Kushner said the visit to Moscow would include a review of discussions in Abu Dhabi. “We see some openings and some opportunities there,” he said.
He said a key aim of the mission was to broaden the negotiating framework, with Washington seeking European participation in an enduring multilateral peace format.
The envoys are then due to travel to Dublin to brief Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and explore further ideas raised during the negotiations, Kushner said.
The visit follows two days of US-mediated trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, the first direct three-way peace sessions since discussions in Geneva in February.