U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff held talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
What Rubio said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reported that the approximately four-hour talks in Florida with a Ukrainian delegation achieved "additional" progress on a revised peace plan to end the crisis in Ukraine, but that "there is more work to be done". "This is delicate, it's complicated," Rubio told reporters after the meeting. "There are many moving parts, and obviously there is another party involved that will have to be part of the equation. We don't just want to end the war, we also want to help Ukraine be secure forever," he defined.
The "new" voice of the Ukrainian side Rustem Umerov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, described the talks as "difficult but productive". The most recent round of talks between the two parties took place on Sunday in Hallandale Beach, in the U.S. state of Florida, but neither Rubio nor Umerov answered questions from reporters after the meeting. Presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also participated in Sunday's talks and were traveling to Moscow on Monday to continue the discussions, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Putin will meet with the White House envoy Moscow, Dec 1 — Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet tomorrow in Moscow with the White House special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to discuss how to end the conflict with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced today, Monday. A 28-point "peace plan" proposed by Washington was made public two weeks ago and then was refined, reducing it to 19 points, according to information that arrived at the offices of the Argentine News Agency.
Subsequent meetings After its publication, representatives of the United States, Ukraine and several European countries met on November 23 in Geneva, Switzerland, to address the document, and meetings continue to be held with intensity. "We have made tangible progress towards establishing a just peace," wrote Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian negotiating team, after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the previous negotiator, Andriy Yermak.
A "significant and successful" meeting The meeting was "significant and successful," he added, emphasizing that there is still a lot of work ahead and that both parties will continue consultations and coordination on the next steps for peace in Ukraine.
