Zelensky meets with Trump's envoys in Dublin after their summit with Putin
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President Volodymyr Zelensky sat down with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Dublin the evening of Nov. 12, shortly after the envoys' visit to Moscow.
The meeting came a day after U.S.-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi, which closed on Nov. 11 with no major breakthrough. Witkoff and Kushner then traveled to the Kremlin to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair then visited Zelensky in Ireland, where he was attending the European Political Community (EPC) summit.
Zelensky's conversation with Witkoff and Kushner took place at Casement Aerodrome, a military base located in Baldonnel, west of Dublin. Published photos of the meeting show that Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's leading negotiator and foreign intelligence chief, was also present at the talks.
The details of the discussion have not yet been disclosed.
Witkoff and Kushner were expected to brief the president on the outcome of their meeting with Putin. Russian state media previously reported that Putin proposed a temporary "humanitarian mission" in the embattled city of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region during those talks.
One major topic discussed in Abu Dhabi was the role of Europe in future peace negotiations and postwar security agreements.
Before speaking with Witkoff and Kushner, Zelensky held meetings with multiple European leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham, during the EPC summit in Dublin. He also said the Coalition of the Willing would convene in Berlin next week for another summit focused on Ukraine.
