Moscow Backs 3-Way Peace Talks After 3 Rounds of U.S. Shuttle Diplomacy
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Updated · The Independent · Sep 7
Moscow Backs 3-Way Peace Talks After 3 Rounds of U.S. Shuttle Diplomacy
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Sep 7
Summary
Moscow said it does not rule out resuming trilateral peace talks with the U.S. and Ukraine, though the Kremlin said it is too early to name a venue or dates.
Three rounds of negotiations have already been held, Zelensky said, with France, Britain and Germany also involved and separate talks with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv.
Those Kyiv meetings followed a 3-hour session between Witkoff, Kushner and Putin in Moscow on Saturday, raising hopes that U.S. shuttle diplomacy could restart a formal format.
Trump is expected to speak by phone with both Putin and Zelensky on Monday, while Peskov said the Kremlin also had not ruled out a Putin-Trump call.
The renewed diplomatic push comes amid sharp scrutiny in Kyiv, where a journalist challenged the U.S. envoys over repeatedly meeting Putin and asked whether he had been deceiving Trump.