During peace talks, occupied territories, Kursk region, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and access to ports are discussed, - Witkoff
US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff said that negotiations to end the war between Ukraine and Russia cover the occupied territories of Ukraine, Kursk region, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and access to ports.
According to Censor.NET, citing Interfax-Ukraine, Witkoff said this on CBS News.
A main area of confrontation, which is Kursk. And so there's different battlefield conditions. We've got to discuss that. There are regions that we all know the Russians are focused on. There is a nuclear reactor that supplies quite a bit of electricity to- to the country of Ukraine. That's got to be dealt with. There's access to ports. There's the Black Sea potential agreement, there's- there's just- there's so many elements to the implementation of a ceasefire here," said Witkoff.
He noted that he sometimes compares the situation in Ukraine to the situation in the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that Gaza is a small space compared to Ukraine.
"What they are doing is, they are digging in, and everybody is committed, all stakeholders, including the Europeans, to doing everything we need to do to get to a successful resolution here," the US special envoy said.
According to him, "that's a very, very, complicated ceasefire, and yet everybody is committed to have that discussion". He called the meeting with the Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah "promising".
"I think those are all very, very good trends, and hopefully inform on the possibility of a near term peace agreement," said Witkoff.
Earlier, it was reported that a conversation between US President Donald Trump and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin could take place next week.
To recap, the US president said on his social media account that the US side had "very good and productive discussions" with Vladimir Putin.
As you know, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow the day before.
