The path ahead for Ukraine peace talks is unclear, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after what he called “reasonably good” talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys.
The Kremlin said on Dec 3 that Putin accepted some U.S. proposals aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and was prepared to keep working to find a compromise.
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner spent hours at the Kremlin, departing in the early hours of Wednesday morning with no specific breakthrough on ending the war.
Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, said Witkoff and Kushner briefed him about the talks via telephone and told him their impression from Putin was that “he would like to make a deal.” What happens now, however, is unclear, Trump said.
“What comes out of that meeting I can’t tell you because it does take two to tango,” Trump said, without elaborating. He added: “We have something pretty well worked out (with Ukraine)”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked if it would be correct to say that Putin had rejected the U.S. proposals, disagreed.
“A direct exchange of views took place yesterday for the first time,” Peskov said. “Some things were accepted, some things were marked as unacceptable. This is a normal working process of finding a compromise.”
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