EU's foreign policy chief says it could be pivotal week for Ukraine
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The coming week could be decisive for Ukraine in terms of long-term peace, given a series of upcoming negotiations, according to the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas.
"This could be a pivotal week for diplomacy. We heard yesterday that the talks in America were difficult but productive," Kallas says.
She also notes that she does not yet know the final results of the negotiations between the Ukrainian and US delegations in Miami, but today, December 1, she will speak with the Ukrainian Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Ukraine-US talks in Miami
On November 30, the US and Ukraine held new negotiations in Florida, where they discussed key points of Trump's peace plan.
After the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the parties had made progress, adding that the negotiations were complex.
National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation, informed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the results. He noted that significant progress had been made in promoting a dignified peace and said that the positions of Ukraine and the US had converged. Zelenskyy confirmed this information, stating that the work would continue.
Meanwhile, the media reports that Trump's special representative Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow today to continue negotiations, but this time with the Russian side.
Also, EU Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath said after talks in the US that any move to let Russia off the hook for its crimes would be a historic mistake and lead to new conflicts.
